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Top 23 Rust Window Projects
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clash-verge-rev
A modern GUI client based on Tauri, designed to run in Windows, macOS and Linux for tailored proxy experience
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AppSignal
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rustdesk
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
Project mention: A self-hosted remote control relay is reachable by design, which is exactly why it needs a check | dev.to | 2026-10-03RustDesk source repository: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk
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This was Fig's smartest move. Every other approach at the time either forced you onto a brand-new terminal emulator (Warp, Tabby) or left you stuck with the weak completion of the day. Fig chose to piggyback instead — it supported macOS Terminal, iTerm2, Tabby, Hyper, Kitty, WezTerm, Alacritty, and even the embedded terminals in VS Code, the JetBrains IDEs, and Android Studio. You changed nothing. You installed an app.
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Project mention: ChatGPT VS BotVa - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/ChatGPT | 2026-03-23
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Project mention: Yazi: Fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-20
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Project mention: Sniffnet: cuánto tráfico generan mis agentes IA sin que me avisen | dev.to | 2026-09-07
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meetily
Privacy first, AI meeting assistant with 4x faster Parakeet/Whisper live transcription, speaker diarization, and Ollama summarization built on Rust. 100% local processing. no cloud required. Meetily (Meetly Ai - https://meetily.ai) is the #1 Self-hosted, Open-source Ai meeting note taker for macOS & Windows. Understand How to write meeting minutes
Project mention: Yap – free offline voice dictation for Mac/Windows/Linux (Wispr Flow alt) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-27I actually found this one today and will be adding it to Opensource Builders soon:
https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily
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cua
Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS fleets, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.
Project mention: Choosing the Best Cloud Infrastructure for AI Agents: A Comprehensive 2026 Guide | dev.to | 2026-10-05A: If the agent requires human-like computer use, such as interacting with graphical UIs or clicking through websites that block automated bots—consider platforms like Cua or specifically configured desktop-as-a-service pools.
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Project mention: Wasmer: Fast, secure, lightweight containers based on WebAssembly | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-02
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Project mention: Todd C. Miller – sudo Maintainer for over 30 years | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-02
As covered literally just a few days ago (IIRC), you absolutely can demand payment: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi actively works to detect MDM, and if found, demand payment.
Not open source, but an interesting counterpoint, I think.
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Project mention: Almost half of React's code is tests: what a SLOC counter shows that GitHub hides | dev.to | 2026-09-30
So I built OctoCounts. Paste any public GitHub repository URL and it downloads the source archive, runs tokei, and gives you files, total lines, code, comments, blanks, and per-language totals. No clone, no sign-up, free. Any branch, tag, or commit SHA, with results pinned to the exact commit and cached, so repeat views are instant.
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Project mention: TextExpander Alternatives for Mac in 2026: An Honest Comparison | dev.to | 2026-05-02
If you have a few dozen frequently-used phrases and you're tired of paying TextExpander's subscription, you can probably leave. QUICOPY ($9.99 lifetime) and Espanso (free) cover most personal use cases.
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There's also a window(s) tiling manager named Glaze that's pretty popular: https://github.com/glzr-io/glazewm
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Project mention: Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-09
it's been mentioned on this thread already, we think https://github.com/superradcompany/microsandbox/ is the closest OSS to it and we have a great DX and improving.
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cross requirements are just a few and it’s likely you already have them installed. They are:
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Project mention: I Thought I Wanted System-Wide Vim. I Actually Wanted Arrow Keys on the Home Row | dev.to | 2026-07-14
I use Kanata for an additional experiment: turning the keyboard into a mouse.
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Project mention: Можно ли, не имея доступа к маршрутизаторам провайдера, повлиять на выбор его upstream для своего трафика? | dev.to | 2026-09-12
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Project mention: The Best Clipboard Managers for Mac in 2027: 10 Apps, Ranked 📋 | dev.to | 2026-09-21
Sources: GitHub, ecopaste.cn.
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Project mention: Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-01
You might be interested in:
https://github.com/cantino/mcfly - fuzzy shell history (feels lighter than atuin to me, in rust)
https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec - rerun on file change, knows about .gitignore/.ignore etc (in rust)
https://github.com/jonas/tig - instead of lazygit, mostly for easier git log viewing for me as I use straight git most of the time
Otherwise a lot of crossover in what I use too.
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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 Window projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | clash-verge-rev | 149,721 |
| 2 | rustdesk | 125,089 |
| 3 | alacritty | 65,890 |
| 4 | Pake | 61,866 |
| 5 | ChatGPT | 54,462 |
| 6 | yazi | 42,680 |
| 7 | sniffnet | 41,364 |
| 8 | meetily | 31,408 |
| 9 | cua | 28,648 |
| 10 | wasmer | 21,123 |
| 11 | Seelen-UI | 17,966 |
| 12 | komorebi | 15,273 |
| 13 | tokei | 14,968 |
| 14 | espanso | 14,581 |
| 15 | glazewm | 12,868 |
| 16 | windows-rs | 12,795 |
| 17 | microsandbox | 8,552 |
| 18 | cross | 8,326 |
| 19 | kanata | 7,988 |
| 20 | trippy | 7,974 |
| 21 | EcoPaste | 7,494 |
| 22 | watchexec | 7,214 |
| 23 | winit | 6,188 |
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