Top 23 Rust NodeJS Projects

fnm

1 72 21,987 6.8 Rust

🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust

Project mention: Developer Tooling #005 | dev.to | 2025-08-19

fnm Description: Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust What we like: faster and easier to use than nvm What we don't like: Repository readme could be more extensive.
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volta

2 96 12,331 8.0 Rust

Volta: JS Toolchains as Code. ⚡

Project mention: What's changed in Webdev in the past few years | dev.to | 2025-05-03

Volta
napi-rs

3 40 7,020 9.8 Rust

A framework for building compiled Node.js add-ons in Rust via Node-API

Project mention: Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust (app went from 1GB to 172MB) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-28

If anyone does decide to pursue this, you can use napi-rs [0] to write Rust modules and call it from JS. Lower overhead than IPC but you will crash your process if there's an issue in your Rust code.
[0] https://napi.rs/
mullvadvpn-app

4 203 6,160 10.0 Rust

The Mullvad VPN client app for desktop and mobile

Project mention: Belgium Bans Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Site Blocking Order | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-01

for anyone in Belgium who needs a decent VPN, I recommend Mullvad: https://mullvad.net/
moon

5 8 3,352 9.5 Rust

A build system and monorepo management tool for the web ecosystem, written in Rust.
utoo

6 1 2,184 9.6 Rust

An unified toolchain for web development.
cfonts

7 1 1,662 8.3 Rust

Sexy fonts for the console
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orogene

8 4 1,514 1.1 Rust

Makes `node_modules/` happen. Fast. No fuss.
teo

9 10 1,439 9.0 Rust

Schema-driven web server framework.
node-to-rust

10 5 1,378 1.8 Rust
node-rs

11 5 1,330 8.7 Rust

Node.js bindings ❤️ Rust crates
wasmer-js

12 10 1,030 8.7 Rust

Monorepo for Javascript WebAssembly packages by Wasmer

Project mention: Show HN: HipScript – Run CUDA in the Browser with WebAssembly and WebGPU | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-07
proto

13 1 1,018 9.5 Rust

A pluggable multi-language version manager. (by moonrepo)
typst.ts

14 2 729 9.2 Rust

Run Typst in JavaScriptWorld.

Project mention: Modern Latex | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-04

`typst` might meet your needs. No, really.
It embeds almost anywhere, including via client-side WASM, and someone even made a nice TypeScript lib [0]. If you dislike `typst`, it even has a package that transpiles LaTeX strings into native typst, which somehow doesn't seem to make `typst` any less fast [1]. WASM plugin magic will do that!
The curious consequence is that the fastest and most portable way to render lightwight LaTeX code might actually be... To transpile LaTeX to embedded `typst`? Sure, sure, not all of LaTeX will map. But from an 80/20 mindset it might just be enough.
- [0] https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/typst.ts
lexe

15 2 624 9.6 Rust

Package your Node.js application into a single executable file, but only 10MB.🔥

Project mention: Lexe – Single Executable for Node | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-15
steamworks.js

16 7 525 4.8 Rust

A steamworks implementation for nw.js/electron games
wasm-learning

17 5 494 2.8 Rust

Building Rust functions for Node.js to take advantage of Rust's performance, WebAssembly's security and portability, and JavaScript's ease-of-use. Demo code and recipes.
v8_killer

18 1 390 8.1 Rust

A powerful and highly customizable universal V8 virtual machine injector.
mine.js

19 4 322 2.5 Rust

:mount_fuji: A voxel world built with JS/TS/RS. (formerly mc.js) (maybe mine.ts? or even mine.rs?)
sqlx-ts

20 1 218 7.6 Rust

node.js compile-time SQL validations & type generations
nodejs-snowflake

21 1 190 3.1 Rust

Generate time sortable 64 bits unique ids for distributed systems (inspired from twitter snowflake)
bum

22 1 184 6.2 Rust

Bum - Bun Version Manager ⚡ (by owenizedd)
nrr

23 2 173 7.4 Rust

Minimal, blazing fast npm scripts runner
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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 NodeJS projects in Rust? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	fnm	21,987
2	volta	12,331
3	napi-rs	7,020
4	mullvadvpn-app	6,160
5	moon	3,352
6	utoo	2,184
7	cfonts	1,662
8	orogene	1,514
9	teo	1,439
10	node-to-rust	1,378
11	node-rs	1,330
12	wasmer-js	1,030
13	proto	1,018
14	typst.ts	729
15	lexe	624
16	steamworks.js	525
17	wasm-learning	494
18	v8_killer	390
19	mine.js	322
20	sqlx-ts	218
21	nodejs-snowflake	190
22	bum	184
23	nrr	173