Top 6 Rust Script Projects

rust-script

25 1,121 8.0 Rust

Run Rust files and expressions as scripts without any setup or compilation step.

Project mention: Rust 101 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-10

There is also rust-script[1] which runs "Rust files and expressions as scripts without any setup or compilation step." I wrote a data loader[2] in it for my Observable Framework project and have been very happy with its performance and overall ease including hot-reloading.
[1] https://rust-script.org
[2] https://observablehq.com/framework/loaders#routing

rust_cmd_lib

11 984 8.0 Rust

Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way

Project mention: Was Rust Worth It? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-25

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
duckscript

3 487 8.4 Rust

Simple, extendable and embeddable scripting language.

Project mention: RustPython | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-07

dcompass

2 280 2.6 Rust

A high-performance programmable DNS component aiming at robustness, speed, and flexibility
uefisettings

1 24 6.5 Rust

The tool to read/get/extract and write/change/modify BIOS/UEFI settings from Linux terminal.

Project mention: Unlocking secret ThinkPad functionality for emulating USB devices | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-22

I was recently pleasantly surprised by a Linux utility that can list all UEFI variables stored in Hii and change them: https://github.com/linuxboot/uefisettings/
Obviously can't bypass security settings like this laptop has, but it's useful for a few settings in my case.

watchout

1 6 0.0 Rust

Automatically run scripts and reload images

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).