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Top 23 Rust Tool Projects
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eza is a modern replacement for ls. It is the community-maintained successor to exa, and it gives you colorized output, icons if you want them, Git status, better long listings, and tree views.
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mirrord
Run any process, on your machine or in an AI agent's environment, as if it were a pod in your Kubernetes cluster: real env vars, DNS, network, traffic.
Note: The chart used in the example above installs the mirrord operator which allows multiple developers to develop against the same cluster when using mirrord.
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Calagopus
Pterodactyl alternative written in Rust + React with User Experience in Mind. (by calagopus)
Project mention: Calagopus VS panel - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/calagopus/panel | 2026-06-04 -
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huniq
Filter out duplicates on the command line. Replacement for `sort | uniq` optimized for speed (10x faster) when sorting is not needed.
26. sort | uniq → huniq (251 ⭐)
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mcp-reticle
Reticle intercepts, visualizes, and profiles JSON-RPC traffic between your LLM and MCP servers in real-time, with zero latency overhead. Stop debugging blind. Start seeing everything.
Project mention: Debugging MCP Tool Calls Sucks: Reticle Is “Wireshark for MCP” | dev.to | 2026-01-06 -
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lyon-deck-toolbox
Lyon's Deck Toolbox, an installer for a collection of tools and utilities to enhance the experience with the Steam Deck.
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Project mention: Cargo-subspace: Make rust-analyzer work better with large cargo workspaces | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-05
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sero
Sero is a web server that allows you to easily host your static sites without pain. The idea was inspired by surge.sh but gives you full control. (by clowzed)
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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 Tool projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | eza | 22,253 |
| 2 | Seelen-UI | 17,031 |
| 3 | mirrord | 5,115 |
| 4 | jql | 1,672 |
| 5 | boxer | 987 |
| 6 | shoop | 462 |
| 7 | Calagopus | 394 |
| 8 | revy | 379 |
| 9 | maigret | 308 |
| 10 | funzzy | 289 |
| 11 | huniq | 265 |
| 12 | tiger | 209 |
| 13 | jirust | 156 |
| 14 | rsw-rs | 146 |
| 15 | mcp-reticle | 111 |
| 16 | rust-ci-release-template | 88 |
| 17 | lyon-deck-toolbox | 77 |
| 18 | cargo-subspace | 73 |
| 19 | backpack | 58 |
| 20 | superdiff | 57 |
| 21 | sherlock-rs | 55 |
| 22 | sero | 42 |
| 23 | picst | 41 |
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