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Top 23 Rust Plugin Projects
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nih-plug
Rust VST3 and CLAP plugin framework and plugins - because everything is better when you do it yourself
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sniprun
A neovim plugin to run lines/blocs of code (independently of the rest of the file), supporting multiples languages
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Sheldon to manage shell plugins smoothly
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Project mention: A Cryptography Engineer's Perspective on Quantum Computing Timelines | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-06
If you are doing authentication with those hardware keys, you will probably be fine, if we do our job fast enough. Apple's Secure Enclave already supports some PQ signatures (although annoyingly not ML-DSA-44 apparently?) and I trust Yubico is working on it.
If you are doing encryption, then you do have reason to worry, and there aren't great options right now. For example if you are using age you should switch to hybrid software ML-KEM-768 + hardware P-256 keys as soon as they are available (https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey/pull/215). This might be a scenario in which hybrids provide some protection, so that an attacker will need to compromise both your OS and have a CRQC. In the meantime, depending on your threat model and the longevity of your secrets (and how easily they can rotated in 1-2 years), it might make sense to switch to software PQ keys.
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AppSignal
AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.
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https://sr.ht/~hadronized/kak-tree-sitter/ exists. I have not used it personally but the author has been pretty active and we had multiple discussions around performance, AFAIU it does not rely that much on the shell as most communication with Kakoune can take place directly over fifos.
Similarly https://github.com/kakoune-lsp/kakoune-lsp exists and has been a pretty good showcase of how complex plugins can be implemented in other languages than shell (rust here) with the extension model.
I am of course pretty biased, but I am regularly surprised by how simple/quickly things can be done with Kakoune's shell based model, and I its a part of the design I am pretty happy about in retrospect.
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rakuyomi
A manga reader plugin for KOReader. (This fork adds new features and backward compatibility)
Great piece of software. Jailbroken my Kindle when the UI was becoming way too slow, then discovered Rakuyomi [1] and that alone is worth the jump, especially with plugins like SimpleUI to make the UX better
[1] https://github.com/tachibana-shin/rakuyomi
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cargo-limit
Productivity improvements for Rust ecosystem: warnings are skipped until errors are fixed, LSP-independent Neovim integration, etc.
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typemux-cc
Claude Code plugin: Python type-checker LSP multiplexer. Auto-detects .venv and routes to pyright/ty/pyrefly—no Claude Code restart.
Project mention: Show HN: Typemux-cc – .venv-aware Python LSP proxy for Claude Code (no restarts) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-15 -
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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
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Rust Plugin discussion
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Teamtype
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A Cryptography Engineer's Perspective on Quantum Computing Timelines
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cpparinfer: A C++23 implementation of the parinfer algorithm
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Age-plugin-Yubikey: Yubikey plugin for age encryption
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Loudness War Winner
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Dynamic Fractional Scrolloff
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A writeup on my journey so far developing PCMG synthesizer! A couple interesting titbits about my frustrations with WASM target.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Plugin projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | nih-plug | 2,959 |
| 2 | teamtype | 1,916 |
| 3 | sniprun | 1,708 |
| 4 | sheldon | 1,569 |
| 5 | window-vibrancy | 1,036 |
| 6 | age-plugin-yubikey | 968 |
| 7 | OctaSine | 793 |
| 8 | kakoune-lsp | 698 |
| 9 | parinfer-rust | 629 |
| 10 | rakuyomi | 553 |
| 11 | ARCropolis | 370 |
| 12 | cargo-limit | 293 |
| 13 | baseplug | 157 |
| 14 | moveline.nvim | 154 |
| 15 | INOX | 127 |
| 16 | scotch | 67 |
| 17 | tabs.kak | 29 |
| 18 | python-pdk | 25 |
| 19 | noteguard | 24 |
| 20 | clockwork | 22 |
| 21 | bitchat-plugin | 18 |
| 22 | chief | 17 |
| 23 | typemux-cc | 16 |
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