Rust allocator

Open-source Rust projects categorized as allocator

Top 9 Rust allocator Projects

  1. wee_alloc

    The Wasm-Enabled, Elfin Allocator

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  3. mimalloc_rust

    A Rust wrapper over Microsoft's MiMalloc memory allocator

  4. book

    Writing Interpreters in Rust: a Guide (by rust-hosted-langs)

  5. talc

    A fast and flexible allocator for no_std and WebAssembly

  6. embedded-alloc

    A heap allocator for embedded systems

  7. gpu-alloc

    Implementation agnostic memory allocator for Vulkan-like APIs

  8. acid_alloc

    Bare-metal allocators.

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  10. tcmalloc-rs

    A drop-in GlobalAlloc implementation using tcmalloc from gperftools.

    Project mention: Bump Allocation: Up or Down? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-25
  11. min-no-std

    A minimal setup for a no_std library with wee_alloc as global allocator

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 allocator projects in Rust? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 wee_alloc 680
2 mimalloc_rust 565
3 book 496
4 talc 449
5 embedded-alloc 366
6 gpu-alloc 86
7 acid_alloc 76
8 tcmalloc-rs 18
9 min-no-std 0

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