What in Rust is equivalent to C++ DLLs (shared libraries), or what do I need to do to support extensions in my app?

• windows-rs

  97 9,812 7.7 Rust

  Rust for Windows

  

On Windows you'd need to call the LoadLibraryEx method. You'd also need a crate to call Win32 functions, I suggest windows-rs.

• extism

  46 3,757 9.2 Rust

  The framework for building with WebAssembly (wasm). Easily load wasm modules, move data, call functions, and build extensible apps.

  

Extism - Universal Plugin System w/ WASM

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• wit-bindgen

  27 877 9.4 Rust

  A language binding generator for WebAssembly interface types

  

wit-bindgen - Language Binding Generator for WASM Interface Type

• rust-plugin-system

  2 0 4.2 Rust

  trying to make a "simple" plugin system in rust

There's the abi_stable crate, which provides safe ffi between shared libraries and applications, I also made a simple example (only using the libloading crate), it's as fast as it can be, since there's no extra overhead, but it's not ffi safe and a small change in any of the vtables (traits) can cause segfaults (you can add a version check though)

• VPlugin

  5 159 10.0 Rust

  Discontinued Discontinued, please do not use.

  

Most similar - rdylib(very unstable)/cdylib (usable) But there are efforts to create frameworks for building own plugin systems, like this one for example https://github.com/VPlugin/VPlugin

• pluginator

  1 3 2.3 Rust

  Rust plugins made easier

I've made a little library for working with plugins before. It's just a thin wrapper over libloading, making the thing a little bit more safe and convenient. Maybe you'll find it useful. Allows to load dynamic libraries. https://github.com/megahomyak/pluginator

• rust_plugin_fuckery

  1 0 3.6 Rust

  Experimenting with plugins in Rust

(Also, there's https://github.com/megahomyak/rust_plugin_fuckery, where I experimented with plugin reloading)

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