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Top 23 Rust WebSocket Projects
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wstunnel
Tunnel all your traffic over Websocket or HTTP2 - Bypass firewalls/DPI - Static binary available
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tokio-tungstenite
Future-based Tungstenite for Tokio. Lightweight stream-based WebSocket implementation
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Project mention: Celld: Self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-05
I believe Restate has something which can work similarly: https://docs.restate.dev/foundations/services
There was also Jamsocket and Plane, though it looks like they've shut down after acquisition: https://github.com/jamsocket/plane
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Tools like ttyd, TermPair, and sshx put your actual terminal in someone else's browser. Real text. Real selection.
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SaaSHub
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arkflow
High performance Rust stream processing engine seamlessly integrates AI capabilities, providing powerful real-time data processing and intelligent analysis.
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nostr
Rust implementation of the nostr protocol, high-level client library, Nostr Wallet Connect and more. (by nostrdevkit)
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proxyfor
A powerful and flexible proxy CLI for capturing and inspecting HTTP(S) and WS(S) traffic, with TUI and WebUI.
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async-tungstenite
Async binding for Tungstenite, the Lightweight stream-based WebSocket implementation
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wtx
Written by humans. WTX is a collection of different transport implementations and related tools focused primarily on web technologies.
Project mention: Show HN: New TLS 1.3 (RFC-8446) implementation written in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-10 -
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mine.js
:mount_fuji: A voxel world built with JS/TS/RS. (formerly mc.js) (maybe mine.ts? or even mine.rs?)
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aggligator
Aggregates multiple links (TCP, Bluetooth, USB, WebSocket or similar) into one connection having their combined bandwidth and provides resiliency against failure of individual links.
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SaaSHub
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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 WebSocket discussion
Rust WebSocket related posts
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Celld: Self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects
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How terminal-sharing tools put your shell in a browser
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Show HN: New TLS 1.3 (RFC-8446) implementation written in Rust
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Patterns for Building Realtime Features
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Plane: A distributed system for running stateful WebSocket services
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Show HN: A Dashboard of Web Benchmarks
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Gazette: Cloud-native millisecond-latency streaming
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A note from our sponsor - AppSignal
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Index
What are some of the best open-source WebSocket projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | wstunnel | 7,091 |
| 2 | tokio-tungstenite | 2,511 |
| 3 | tungstenite-rs | 2,396 |
| 4 | plane | 2,026 |
| 5 | termpair | 1,778 |
| 6 | Rust-Full-Stack | 1,579 |
| 7 | ws-rs | 1,497 |
| 8 | arkflow | 1,307 |
| 9 | message-io | 1,198 |
| 10 | wreq | 1,063 |
| 11 | sockudo | 823 |
| 12 | nostr | 675 |
| 13 | proxyfor | 485 |
| 14 | async-tungstenite | 444 |
| 15 | wtx | 401 |
| 16 | hudsucker | 380 |
| 17 | ohkami | 332 |
| 18 | mine.js | 330 |
| 19 | kaminari | 283 |
| 20 | ezsockets | 264 |
| 21 | aggligator | 238 |
| 22 | ws-tool | 208 |
| 23 | graphql-rust-demo | 190 |
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