Trending Rust Projects

This page lists the top trending Rust projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending Rust Projects

  1. helix-db

    HelixDB is a powerful, graph-vector database built in Rust for millisecond query latency and ease of use.

  2. xan

    The CSV magician

  3. pgdog

    Horizontal scaling for PostgreSQL with automatic sharding.

  4. cocoindex

    ETL framework to turn your data AI-ready - with realtime incremental updates and support custom logic like lego.

  5. amazon-q-developer-cli

    ✨ Agentic AI experience in your terminal for building applications using natural language

  6. arkflow

    High-performance Rust stream processing engine, providing powerful data stream processing capabilities, supporting multiple input/output sources and processors.

  7. rost

    Rust programming in German.

  8. stu

    TUI explorer application for Amazon S3 (AWS S3) 🪣 (by lusingander)

  9. OxiCloud

    ☁️ OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data

  10. boxer

    Dockerfile → Universal Wasm Binary (by dphilla)

  11. BugStalker

    Rust debugger for Linux x86-64

  12. cubecl

    Multi-platform high-performance compute language extension for Rust.

  13. ratzilla

    Build terminal-themed web applications with Rust and WebAssembly. Powered by Ratatui.

  14. SpacetimeDB

    Multiplayer at the speed of light

  15. pdfrip

    A multi-threaded PDF password cracking utility equipped with commonly encountered password format builders and dictionary attacks.

  16. komodo

    🦎 a tool to build and deploy software on many servers 🦎

  17. postgres-language-server

    A Language Server for Postgres

  18. rayhunter

    Rust tool to detect cell site simulators on an orbic mobile hotspot

  19. cargo-mutants

    :zombie: Inject bugs and see if your tests catch them!

  20. rauthy

    OpenID Connect Single Sign-On Identity & Access Management

  21. rust-magic-patterns

    Magical Rust patterns laid out and simplified

  22. pica

    The Complete Agentic Tooling Platform (by picahq)

  23. migrate-to-uv

    Migrate a project from Poetry/Pipenv/pip-tools/pip to uv package manager

  24. verus

    Verified Rust for low-level systems code

  25. baml

    The AI framework that adds the engineering to prompt engineering (Python/TS/Ruby/Java/C#/Rust/Go compatible)

  26. tensorzero

    TensorZero creates a feedback loop for optimizing LLM applications — turning production data into smarter, faster, and cheaper models.

  27. lakekeeper

    Lakekeeper is an Apache-Licensed, secure, fast and easy to use Apache Iceberg REST Catalog written in Rust.

  28. koto

    A simple, expressive, embeddable programming language

  29. dynamo

    A Datacenter Scale Distributed Inference Serving Framework

  30. mCaptcha

    A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component

  31. dysk

    A linux utility to get information on filesystems, like df but better

  32. VectorChord

    Scalable, fast, and disk-friendly vector search in Postgres, the successor of pgvecto.rs.

  33. garde

    A powerful validation library for Rust

  34. archgw

    The AI-native proxy server for agents. Arch handles the pesky low-level work in building agentic apps like calling specific tools, routing prompts to the right agents, clarifying vague inputs, unifying access and observability to any LLM, etc.

  35. hyperswitch

    An open source payments switch written in Rust to make payments fast, reliable and affordable

  36. Nping

    🏎 Nping mean NB Ping, A Ping Tool in Rust with Real-Time Data and Visualizations

  37. union

    The trust-minimized, zero-knowledge bridging protocol, designed for censorship resistance, extremely high security, and usage in decentralized finance. (by unionlabs)

  38. rust-stakeholder

    Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by

  39. convex-backend

    The open-source reactive database for app developers

  40. rquickshare

    Rust implementation of NearbyShare/QuickShare from Android for Linux and macOS.

  41. foyer

    Hybrid in-memory and disk cache in Rust

  42. iocraft

    A Rust crate for beautiful, artisanally crafted CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO.

  43. rust-gpu

    🐉 Making Rust a first-class language and ecosystem for GPU shaders 🚧 (by Rust-GPU)

  44. gauntlet

    Raycast-inspired open-source cross-platform application launcher with React-based plugins (by project-gauntlet)

  45. hyperlight

    Hyperlight is a lightweight Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) designed to be embedded within applications. It enables safe execution of untrusted code within micro virtual machines with very low latency and minimal overhead. (by hyperlight-dev)

  46. Satty

    Satty - Modern Screenshot Annotation. A tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

  47. rmk

    Rust keyboard firmware library with layers, macros, real-time keymap editing, wireless(BLE) and split support (by HaoboGu)

  48. trailbase

    A blazingly fast, open-source application server with type-safe APIs, built-in JS/ES6/TS runtime, realtime, auth, and admin UI built on Rust, SQLite & V8.

  49. proto

    A pluggable multi-language version manager. (by moonrepo)

  50. jj

    A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source Rust projects? This list will help you:

Project Growth
1 helix-db 84.5%
2 xan 68.5%
3 pgdog 64.3%
4 cocoindex 63.3%
5 amazon-q-developer-cli 63.0%
6 arkflow 52.2%
7 rost 48.6%
8 stu 46.9%
9 OxiCloud 43.3%
10 boxer 37.3%
11 BugStalker 36.4%
12 cubecl 36.3%
13 ratzilla 33.9%
14 SpacetimeDB 31.3%
15 pdfrip 30.8%
16 komodo 29.4%
17 postgres-language-server 26.2%
18 rayhunter 25.0%
19 cargo-mutants 24.6%
20 rauthy 23.7%
21 rust-magic-patterns 23.6%
22 pica 22.7%
23 migrate-to-uv 20.5%
24 verus 20.2%
25 baml 20.2%
26 tensorzero 20.0%
27 lakekeeper 19.6%
28 koto 19.4%
29 dynamo 19.2%
30 mCaptcha 19.2%
31 dysk 19.0%
32 VectorChord 18.2%
33 garde 18.2%
34 archgw 17.7%
35 hyperswitch 16.6%
36 Nping 16.3%
37 union 15.8%
38 rust-stakeholder 15.8%
39 convex-backend 15.6%
40 rquickshare 15.2%
41 foyer 15.0%
42 iocraft 15.0%
43 rust-gpu 14.5%
44 gauntlet 14.5%
45 hyperlight 14.5%
46 Satty 14.2%
47 rmk 14.2%
48 trailbase 14.1%
49 proto 13.7%
50 jj 13.7%

Did you know that Rust is
the 5th most popular programming language
based on number of references?