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Top 23 Rust Agent Projects
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Project mention: AI coding agents: everyone harnesses the agent's loop. Here's the human's. | dev.to | 2026-07-17
Execution and advisory, the crowd. CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md, spec-driven dev (Spec Kit), external memory stores, Claude Code's native Tasks, agent-orchestration boards like Vibe Kanban. Enormously useful, and advisory by design: a file you hope the agent reads, a spec you hope stays current. This is where almost everyone is.
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Project mention: We Cut Log Costs by 35% Using Vector 0.30 and Loki 3.0: Lessons from a 3-Month Tuning | dev.to | 2026-05-04
We evaluated three alternatives: ClickHouse for log storage, Fluent Bit for log collection, and the Vector (https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector) + Loki (https://github.com/grafana/loki) stack. ClickHouse had great query performance but required manual index management, which would add operational overhead. Fluent Bit was lightweight but lacked the transform capabilities we needed to mask PII and drop low-value logs. Vector and Loki stood out: Vector is a Rust-based agent with 1/10th the memory footprint of Filebeat, and Loki is designed for cost-efficient log storage with a query model that aligns with how our team actually debugs (using labels, not full-text search).
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Unfortunately, rig the underlying library to connect to AI providers usually halts the execution thread instead of triggering a recoverable error.
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agentos
A faster, lighter, cheaper alternative to sandboxes. Run any coding agent inside an isolated Linux VM, with agent orchestration built in. (by rivet-dev)
Their companion project AgentOS runs coding agents inside isolated Linux VMs with an in-process operating system kernel. Everything runs inside the kernel; nothing executes on the host. The pitch: faster, lighter, cheaper than mainstream sandbox providers.
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agent-os
A portable open-source operating system for agents. ~6 ms coldstarts, 32x cheaper than sandboxes. Powered by WebAssembly and V8 isolates. (by rivet-dev)
Project mention: AgentOS: A portable open-source operating system for agents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-05 -
Sadly it does not. There are both a discussion about support for non-git vcs (https://github.com/ogulcancelik/herdr/discussions/522) and about jj specifically.
Hopefully any of those get some traction
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amazon-q-developer-cli
✨ Agentic chat experience in your terminal. Build applications using natural language.
Project mention: Measuring Chat Count After Hitting the Amazon Q Developer (Claude Sonnet 4) Pro Limit | dev.to | 2025-08-30 -
agent
Ship your code, on autopilot. An open source agent that lives on your machines 24/7 and keeps your apps running. 🦀 (by stakpak)
stakpak is an open source DevOps agent from AWS Community Builder Noureldin Ehab that helps teams ship faster by helping them secure, deploy, and maintain production infrastructure from their terminal. Works with any LLM (Claude, GPT, Gemini), handles secrets securely, and uses customisable rulebooks to guide operational workflows from generating Terraform and Kubernetes configs to dockerizing apps and troubleshooting CI/CD. Check out the README and the docs to help you get started.
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Project mention: Show HN: MIT License Rust Accessibility-Based Computer Use SDK+mcp | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-07
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BitFun
BitFun is a desktop-grade Agent runtimeand a ready-to-use suite of desktop Agent applications.with built-in Code Agent 、 Cowork Agent、Computer Use. It has memory, personality, and the ability to evolve over time
Project mention: Show HN: BitFun – An Agentic Development Environment (Rust and TypeScript) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-04 -
Project mention: Your AI Agent Just Ran rm -rf / — How to Stop It Before It Happens | dev.to | 2026-03-13
shellfirm is an open-source tool that intercepts dangerous shell commands before they execute. It ships with 100+ built-in patterns covering 9 ecosystems — filesystem, git, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, databases, Docker, and more.
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VTCode
VT Code is a Rust coding agent with LLM-native code understanding, OS-native sandboxing, and multi-provider support.
I'm @vinhnx on the internet, nice to meet you all!
Here is my personal website https://vinhnx.github.io/
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aws-workload-credentials-provider
The AWS Workload Credentials Provider (formerly the AWS Secrets Manager Agent) is a client-side solution that helps you standardize how you consume credentials from AWS services across your compute environments.
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ante-preview
Ghost in your shell. Ante is a self-contained agent harness with a highly optimized core. It works like Claude Code or Codex, with none of their dependencies or model constraints.
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macro
Macro is a unified interface for email, messages, tasks, calls, agents, pull requests, docs, crm — linked together with shared AI memory. (by macro-inc)
Project mention: Show HN: Macro – unified system for email, chat, tasks, docs, agents (AGPL/Rust) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-15 -
Memoria
Secure memory management for AI Agents • Ensures data integrity • Reduces hallucinations • Maintains consistent long-term context (by matrixorigin)
Project mention: Benchmarking Memoria on LongMemEval: Strong Memory Retrieval, Clear Reader Separation | dev.to | 2026-04-16Experience the power of persistent memory for AI Agents. 🧠 💻 GitHub (Star us!):[https://github.com/matrixorigin/Memoria] 🌐 Website: [https://thememoria.ai/] 👾 Discord: [https://discord.com/]
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hcom
Let AI agents message, watch, and spawn each other across terminals. Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Cursor CLI, OpenCode, Kilo, Pi, Kimi (by aannoo)
Project mention: CLI tool for live communication between agents in different TUIs and subagents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-13 -
agnix
The missing linter and lsp for AI coding assistants. Validate CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, hooks, MCP. Plugin for all major IDEs included, with autofixes.
Project mention: Show HN: Agnix – lint your AI agent configs (Claude.md, skills, MCP, hooks) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-11 -
cortex-mem
🧠 The production-ready cognitive foundation for autonomous systems such as OpenClaw and Embodied-AI. For memory management, from extraction and search to automated optimization, with SKILL, CLI, API, MCP, and insights dashboard out-of-the-box.
Project mention: AI Agent Memory Management System Architecture Design: Evolution from Stateless to Intelligent | dev.to | 2025-12-28With the widespread adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents are evolving from simple Q&A tools to intelligent assistants with long-term memory and context understanding capabilities. However, the inherently stateless nature of LLMs limits Agent continuity and personalization in multi-turn conversations. This article provides an in-depth analysis of Cortex Memory—an AI Agent memory management system built with Rust—detailing its architectural design philosophy, core technical implementation, and how it addresses the core challenges of AI Agent memory management.
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agent-worktree
A Git worktree workflow tool for AI coding agents. Enables parallel development with isolated environments.
Project mention: Agent-worktree – A Git worktree workflow tool for AI coding agents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-05wt new -s claude
This creates a worktree, launches the agent inside it, and when done, prompts you to merge and cleanup. One command, full workflow.
Works with any agent that runs in a terminal. Written in Rust.
GitHub: https://github.com/nekocode/agent-worktree
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Project mention: Show HN: VibeBox – an ultrafast macOS sandbox for AI agents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-08
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lunaroute
LunaRoute is a high-performance local proxy for AI coding assistants like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, and OpenCode. Get complete visibility into every LLM interaction with zero-overhead passthrough, comprehensive session recording, and powerful debugging capabilities.
Project mention: Show HN: LunaRoute – a high-performance local proxy for AI coding assistants | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-21
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 Agent projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | vibe-kanban | 27,439 |
| 2 | vector | 22,200 |
| 3 | rig | 7,945 |
| 4 | agentos | 3,907 |
| 5 | agent-os | 2,779 |
| 6 | herdr | 2,164 |
| 7 | amazon-q-developer-cli | 1,978 |
| 8 | agent | 1,659 |
| 9 | terminator | 1,557 |
| 10 | BitFun | 1,336 |
| 11 | shellfirm | 922 |
| 12 | VTCode | 751 |
| 13 | aws-workload-credentials-provider | 698 |
| 14 | ante-preview | 568 |
| 15 | macro | 559 |
| 16 | Memoria | 405 |
| 17 | hcom | 392 |
| 18 | agnix | 348 |
| 19 | cortex-mem | 298 |
| 20 | thin-edge.io | 285 |
| 21 | agent-worktree | 267 |
| 22 | vibebox | 192 |
| 23 | lunaroute | 184 |
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