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Top 16 Rust Rocket Projects
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Project mention: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-11
I recommend Vaultwarden as a bitwarden server. It's pretty quick to set up and completely open source.
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
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Rocket has evolved into a highly usable, performant framework with active development and over 25k GitHub stars. Here is a simple example of a Rocket server that takes two query parameters and returns a Happy Birthday message:
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Plume
Federated blogging application, thanks to ActivityPub (now on https://git.joinplu.me/ — this is just a mirror)
When looking for something more dynamic, I initially though about using Plume, since it's easy to integrate with some applications I plan to deploy later, but unfortunately it's not well maintained anymore. As Ghost or Wordpress seem overkill, I ended up opting for the conveniences of WriteFreely: it lets me create and edit posts in-place, with Markdown support and no need to upload new files. However, that comes with a cost: it requires a MySQL[-compatible] database
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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uploadserver
Simple Rust file server which lets you upload, share, and download files from a web browser. Ready-to-run binaries for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Free/Open-Source alternative to AirDrop/Dropbox for transferring files on your local network without having to install anything. A more sophisticated version of `python3 -m http.server 8000`. (by akovacs)
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We started a contribution towards that end: https://github.com/authifier/authifier/pull/63
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rust-backend-tutorials
A sample project showing off how to use Axum (previously Rocket) effectively.
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rocket-webservice-test-rust
Experimenting with the Rocket framework and GCP Cloud Run. Includes a GraphQL implementation and a MongoDB integrations branch.
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colorette
Color pallete extractor built with Rocket.rs on backend and Reac.js on frontend (by diespeso)
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gcp-cloud-run-deploy-rust
A basic GitHub Actions/Cloud Build GCP Cloud Run deploy pipeline for a Rocket web service.
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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 Rocket discussion
Rust Rocket related posts
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Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised
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Bitwarden Is Down
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How to Set Up a Local Docker Environment with Rust and Rocket
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VaultWarden 1.32.4 – Security Fixes
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Rocket.rs lightspeed web server
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Apple is launching its own password manager app
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Sponsoring the Rust-based Rocket Web framework
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Rocket projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | vaultwarden | 46,620 |
| 2 | Rocket | 25,262 |
| 3 | rbatis | 2,354 |
| 4 | Plume | 2,178 |
| 5 | bin | 269 |
| 6 | protect-endpoints | 233 |
| 7 | rocket_cors | 104 |
| 8 | rocket_auth | 79 |
| 9 | uploadserver | 52 |
| 10 | authifier | 44 |
| 11 | inertia-rs | 38 |
| 12 | rocket_seek_stream | 26 |
| 13 | rust-backend-tutorials | 19 |
| 14 | rocket-webservice-test-rust | 1 |
| 15 | colorette | 0 |
| 16 | gcp-cloud-run-deploy-rust | 0 |
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