Top Rust Compilers repositories on GitHub
Front-ends, back-ends, and language toolchains. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Rust.
Ranked by stars across 264 Rust repositories tagged compiler. Refreshed daily.
- 1rust-lang/rust★ 113,994 · ⑂ 15,003
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
- rust
- compiler
- language
- 2FuelLabs/sway★ 61,607 · ⑂ 5,421
🌴 Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient smart contracts.
- sway
- language
- compiler
- fuel
- 3typst/typst★ 54,447 · ⑂ 1,615
A markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn.
- typesetting
- compiler
- markup
- typst
- 4swc-project/swc★ 34,090 · ⑂ 1,424
Rust-based platform for the Web
- ecmascript
- compiler
- rust
- javascript
- parser
- babel
- 5RustPython/RustPython★ 22,130 · ⑂ 1,446
A Python Interpreter written in Rust
- rust
- python3
- python-language
- jit
- interpreter
- hacktoberfest
- 6oxc-project/oxc★ 21,650 · ⑂ 1,080
⚓ A collection of high-performance JavaScript tools.
- compiler
- javascript
- linter
- minifier
- parser
- typescript
- 7gleam-lang/gleam★ 21,603 · ⑂ 986
⭐️ A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems!
- gleam
- programming-language
- compiler
- erlang
- statically-typed
- 8web-infra-dev/rspack★ 12,769 · ⑂ 809
Fast Rust-based bundler for the web with a modernized webpack API 🦀
- bundler
- javascript
- compiler
- web
- rust
- build-tool
- 9foundry-rs/foundry★ 10,442 · ⑂ 2,561
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust.
- rust
- solidity
- evm
- testing
- fuzzing
- blockchain
- 10parcel-bundler/lightningcss★ 7,580 · ⑂ 283
An extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier written in Rust.
- css
- parser
- compiler
- minifier
- rust
- build-tool
- 11farm-fe/farm★ 5,580 · ⑂ 191
Extremely fast Vite-compatible web build tool written in Rust
- build-tool
- compiler
- rust
- hmr
- frontend
- farm
- 12ProvableHQ/leo★ 4,819 · ⑂ 718
🦁 The Leo Programming Language. A Programming Language for Formally Verified, Zero-Knowledge Applications
- programming-language
- zero-knowledge
- compiler
- zksnarks
- leo
- 13yoav-lavi/melody★ 4,745 · ⑂ 57
Melody is a language that compiles to regular expressions and aims to be more readable and maintainable
- regular-expression
- language
- regex
- compiler
- melody
- melodylang
- 14borgo-lang/borgo★ 4,640 · ⑂ 67
Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go.
- compiler
- golang
- programming-language
- rust-lang
- 15trunk-rs/trunk★ 4,314 · ⑂ 316
Build, bundle & ship your Rust WASM application to the web.
- rust
- wasm
- bundler
- assets
- wasm-bindgen
- html
- 16GetFirefly/firefly★ 3,586 · ⑂ 110
An alternative BEAM implementation, designed for WebAssembly
- beam
- erlang
- erlang-vm
- virtual-machine
- web-assembly
- compiler
- 17gluon-lang/gluon★ 3,399 · ⑂ 152
A static, type inferred and embeddable language written in Rust.
- rust
- repl
- programming-language
- type-inference
- functional
- embeddable
- 18Rust-GPU/rust-gpu★ 3,174 · ⑂ 114
🐉 Making Rust a first-class language and ecosystem for GPU shaders 🚧
- compiler
- rust
- shaders
- spirv
- vulkan
- gpu-programming
- 19erg-lang/erg★ 2,858 · ⑂ 60
A statically typed language compatible with Python
- compiler
- programming-language
- python
- rust
- language
- erg
- 20kaleidawave/ezno★ 2,732 · ⑂ 49
A correct and efficient TypeScript type checker and compiler with additional experiments
- compiler
- javascript
- typescript
- typechecker
- 21kcl-lang/kcl★ 2,373 · ⑂ 166
KCL Programming Language Core and API (CNCF Sandbox Project). https://kcl-lang.io
- record
- configuration
- functional
- policy
- language
- rust
- 22jfecher/ante★ 2,245 · ⑂ 110
A safe, easy systems language
- compiler
- language
- systems-language
- refinement-types
- llvm
- ante
- 23zesterer/ariadne★ 2,159 · ⑂ 101
[Ariadne has moved to Codeberg!] A fancy diagnostics & error reporting crate
- rust
- diagnostics
- compiler
- parser
- error-reporting
- error-messages
- 24rust-lang/rustc_codegen_cranelift★ 2,074 · ⑂ 139
Cranelift based backend for rustc
- rust
- compiler
- cranelift
- jit
- aot
- 25LukeMathWalker/pavex★ 2,057 · ⑂ 80
A backend framework for Rust professionals
- rust
- web
- backend
- compiler
- framework
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