C Rust

Open-source C projects categorized as Rust

Top 23 C Rust Projects

  1. libsql

    libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions.

    Project mention: IndexNow, libSQL, and three other tools I reached for this week | dev.to | 2026-05-09

    libSQL is a fork of SQLite with an HTTP API, replication, and edge-friendly semantics. Turso wraps it in a managed service; the free tier handles my current scale without expiring on inactivity.

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  3. tectonic

    A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeXLive.

    Project mention: Claude Fable 5 | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-09

    cd /tmp && curl -sL -o tectonic.zip "https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/releases/download/tectonic%400.15.0/tectonic-0.15.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" && unzip -o tectonic.zip && ./tectonic.exe --version

  4. tor

    unofficial git repo -- report bugs/issues/pull requests on https://gitlab.torproject.org/ --

  5. msquic

    Cross-platform, C implementation of the IETF QUIC protocol, exposed to C, C++, C# and Rust.

  6. glad

    Multi-Language Vulkan/GL/GLES/EGL/GLX/WGL Loader-Generator based on the official specs.

    Project mention: Learning OpenGL Part: The End - Model loading | dev.to | 2025-10-26
  7. Rust-for-Linux

    Adding support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. (by Rust-for-Linux)

    Project mention: Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-31
  8. Themis

    Easy to use cryptographic framework for data protection: secure messaging with forward secrecy and secure data storage. Has unified APIs across 14 platforms.

  9. NumKong

    SIMD-accelerated distances, dot products, matrix ops, geospatial & geometric kernels for 16 numeric types — from 6-bit floats to 64-bit complex — across x86, Arm, RISC-V, and WASM, with bindings for Python, Rust, C, C++, Swift, JS, and Go 📐

    Project mention: Jvector And Python! (Part 4 of jvector series) | dev.to | 2026-01-14

    Usearch (Smaller & Faster Single-File Similarity Search & Clustering Engine for Vectors & 🔜 Texts): https://github.com/unum-cloud/usearch

  10. trezor-firmware

    :lock: Trezor Firmware Monorepo

  11. IconFontCppHeaders

    C and C++ headers, C# and Python classes, Rust files and Go package for icon fonts Font Awesome, Fork Awesome, Google Material Design icons and symbols, Pictogrammers Material Design icons, Kenney game icons, Fontaudio, Codicons and Lucide.

  12. Naev

    Naev has moved to codeberg! This is just a mirror.

  13. raylib-rs

    Rust bindings for raylib

  14. ccextractor

    CCExtractor - Official version maintained by the core team

  15. libremarkable

    The only public framework for developing applications with native refresh support for Remarkable Tablet

  16. quickjs-rs

    Rust wrapper for the quickjs Javascript engine.

  17. hlua

    Rust library to interface with Lua

  18. cgl

    CGL (C Game Library) is a multipurpose library mainly for recreational coding / demo scenes / prototyping / small games / experimentation.

  19. smack

    SMACK Software Verifier and Verification Toolchain (by smackers)

  20. graphqlite

    A SQLite extension that adds graph database capabilities with Cypher query language support and built-in graph algorithms. (by colliery-io)

    Project mention: GraphQLite, Graph Network Extension on Top of SQLite | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-10
  21. rockboxd

    A modern, network-enabled music player platform built on Rockbox technology https://www.rockbox.org

    Project mention: Show HN: FFI bindings for the Rockbox DSP, metadata, and playback engine | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-12
  22. rust-nes-emulator

    NES Emulator written in Rust (by kamiyaowl)

  23. croaring-rs

    Rust FFI wrapper for CRoaring

  24. tether

    🖥 A barebones Electron-ish library for Rust. (by quadrupleslap)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Rust projects in C? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 libsql 17,139
2 tectonic 5,022
3 tor 4,933
4 msquic 4,758
5 glad 4,582
6 Rust-for-Linux 4,400
7 Themis 1,971
8 NumKong 1,872
9 trezor-firmware 1,806
10 IconFontCppHeaders 1,482
11 Naev 941
12 raylib-rs 925
13 ccextractor 897
14 libremarkable 699
15 quickjs-rs 616
16 hlua 523
17 cgl 460
18 smack 448
19 graphqlite 438
20 rockboxd 289
21 rust-nes-emulator 206
22 croaring-rs 172
23 tether 153

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