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Top 23 Rust P2P Projects
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rustdesk
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
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Project mention: EasyTier – P2P mesh VPN written in Rust using Tokio | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-02
To the web page source. But the software itself is under https://github.com/EasyTier/EasyTier
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reth
Modular, contributor-friendly and blazing-fast implementation of the Ethereum protocol, in Rust
Reth - Rust
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A few months back I built a cryptographic alternative to CAPTCHAs called Ghost Keys[1] that uses a small donation as proof-of-humanity. For donating you get an anonymous keypair that works across services without repeated CAPTCHAs. The economic friction doesn't scale for bot operators, and donations fund our non-profit[2].
[1] https://freenet.org/ghostkey/
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Project mention: Cargo-crev – cryptographically verifiable code review system for Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-09
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10. Vpncloud Vpncloud is a peer-to-peer VPN. It introduces peer-to-peer communications and is an excellent opportunity to learn about it.
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OctoBase
🐙 OctoBase is the open-source database behind AFFiNE, local-first, yet collaborative. A light-weight, scalable, data engine written in Rust.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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CYFS
CYFS is the next-generation technology to build real Web3 by upgrading the basic protocol of Web (TCP/IP+DNS+HTTP),is short for CYberFileSystem. https://www.cyfs.com/, cyfs://cyfs/index_en.html.
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exonum
An extensible open-source framework for creating private/permissioned blockchain applications
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narrowlink
A self-hosted solution to enable secure connectivity between devices across restricted networks like NAT or firewalls
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CrateTorrent GitHub Repository
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Project mention: Bananas: Cross-Platform screen sharing made simple | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-27
Might work with coturn or turn-rs, others?
https://github.com/coturn/coturn
https://github.com/mycrl/turn-rs
Maybe there are some projects doing only stun - if that is enough?
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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).
Rust P2P discussion
Rust P2P related posts
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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)
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Rostra – P2P/f2f social network
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Cargo-crev – cryptographically verifiable code review system for Rust
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Getting Started with Rust
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Build a serverless ACID database with this one neat trick (atomic PutIfAbsent)
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Xpra: Persistent Remote Applications for X11
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No-KYC P2P Lightning Exchange on Nostr – Mostro.network
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Index
What are some of the best open-source P2P projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | rustdesk | 92,466 |
| 2 | EasyTier | 5,701 |
| 3 | reth | 4,798 |
| 4 | freenet-core | 2,386 |
| 5 | cargo-crev | 2,202 |
| 6 | vpncloud | 1,899 |
| 7 | OctoBase | 1,682 |
| 8 | CYFS | 1,432 |
| 9 | holochain | 1,269 |
| 10 | exonum | 1,243 |
| 11 | start-os | 1,211 |
| 12 | matchbox | 1,029 |
| 13 | conflux-rust | 672 |
| 14 | forest | 663 |
| 15 | fedimint | 624 |
| 16 | narrowlink | 611 |
| 17 | aquatic | 549 |
| 18 | cratetorrent | 486 |
| 19 | tox | 468 |
| 20 | torrust-tracker | 436 |
| 21 | turn-rs | 404 |
| 22 | wireguard-p2p | 341 |
| 23 | crdt-richtext | 291 |
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