The best open-source Rust projects in 2026

Last updated

Sep 11, 2026

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Rust tools, runtimes and libraries in the catalog.

Mostly written in Rust.

1. 1

   cc-switch

   farion1231/cc-switch

   A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build & Hermes Agent. Only official website: ccswitch.io

   Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustApps151.5k+2.2k

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   rtk

   rtk-ai/rtk

   CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies

   Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustDeveloper tools85.4k+697

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   meilisearch

   meilisearch/meilisearch

   A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

   Pushed yesterday.OtherRustDeveloper tools59.8k+78

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   goose

   aaif-goose/goose

   an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

   Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustAgents56.2k+366

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   ChatGPT

   lencx/ChatGPTDormant

   ❄️ ChatGPT Desktop Application (Mac, Windows and Linux)

   No push in 2.2 years ago.No license detectedRustApps54.7k+11

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   herdr

   herdrdev/herdr

   the runtime your coding agents live on

   Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustAgents47.8k+1.7k

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   openhuman

   tinyhumansai/openhuman

   OpenHuman is an open source personal AI for Mac, Windows and Linux — local-first memory, agent orchestration, and deep research.

   Pushed yesterday.GNU General Public License v3.0RustAgents42.5k+152

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   Codewhale

   Hmbown/Codewhale

   Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.

   Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustAgents41.2k+32

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   llmfit

   AlexsJones/llmfit

   Hundreds of models & providers. One command to find what runs on your hardware.

   Pushed today.MIT LicenseRustApps38.6k+185

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10. 10

    tabby

    TabbyML/tabbySlowing

    Self-hosted AI coding assistant

    Last push 4 months ago.OtherRustApps33.9k

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    zeroclaw

    zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw

    Fast, small, and fully autonomous AI personal assistant infrastructure, any OS, any platform — deploy anywhere, swap anything 🦀

    Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustAgents33.1k+64

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12. 12

    meetily

    Zackriya-Solutions/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

    Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustApps32.4k+181

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13. 13

    cli

    googleworkspace/cli

    Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.

    Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustPlugins32.1k+141

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14. 14

    nautilus_trader

    nautechsystems/nautilus_trader

    Production-grade Rust-native trading engine with deterministic event-driven architecture

    Pushed yesterday.GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0RustDeveloper tools31.2k+254

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15. 15

    dbx

    t8y2/dbx

    20 MB lightweight cross-platform database client for 90+ databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, SQL Server, and Dameng. Built-in AI, MCP Server, CLI, desktop and Docker. | 轻量级跨平台数据库管理工具，支持 MySQL、PostgreSQL、SQLite、Redis、MongoDB、达梦等 90+ 数据库，提供桌面端、Docker、CLI、内置 AI 助手和 MCP Server。

    Pushed yesterday.Apache License 2.0RustApps28.9k+998

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16. 16

    screenpipe

    screenpipe/screenpipe

    YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents (Claude, Codex, Openclaw, Hermes, Runner...)

    Pushed yesterday.OtherRustAgents22.2k+128

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    Ciphey

    bee-san/Ciphey

    ⚡ Automatically decrypt encryptions without knowing the key or cipher, decode encodings, and crack hashes ⚡

    Pushed 3 days ago.MIT LicenseRustApps21.7k+28

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18. 18

    jcode

    1jehuang/jcode

    The most RAM efficient harness

    Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustApps21.4k+191

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19. 19

    openfang

    RightNow-AI/openfangSlowing

    Open-source Agent Operating System

    Last push 4 months ago.Apache License 2.0RustAgents18.2k+14

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20. 20

    claurst

    Kuberwastaken/claurst

    Agentic Coding for Builders who Ship

    Pushed 8 days ago.GNU General Public License v3.0RustAgents10.3k+5

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    ccf-deadlines

    ccfddl/ccf-deadlines

    ⏰ Agenticly track worldwide conference deadlines (Website, Python Cli, Wechat Applet)

    Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustDeveloper tools9.5k+24

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22. 22

    rig

    0xPlaygrounds/rig

    ⚙️🦀 Build modular and scalable LLM Applications in Rust

    Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustApps9.1k+64

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23. 23

    GenieX

    qualcomm/GenieX

    Run frontier LLMs and VLMs locally on Qualcomm devices across NPU, GPU, and CPU with a few lines of code

    Pushed yesterday.BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseRustApps8.5k+25

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    plano

    katanemo/plano

    Plano is an AI-native proxy server and data plane for agentic apps. Smart LLM routing, observability, agent orchestration, and guardrails so you stay focused on your agents core logic.

    Pushed 10 days ago.Apache License 2.0RustDeveloper tools7.1k+8

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    postgresml

    postgresml/postgresmlDormant

    Postgres with GPUs for ML/AI apps.

    No push in over a year ago.MIT LicenseRustApps6.8k+1

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    shimmy

    Michael-A-Kuykendall/shimmy

    ⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary.

    Pushed 2 days ago.Apache License 2.0RustDeveloper tools6.0k+12

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27. 27

    farm

    farm-fe/farm

    Extremely fast Vite-compatible web build tool written in Rust

    Pushed yesterday.MIT LicenseRustUI / Frontend5.6k

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    mirrord

    metalbear-co/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.

    Pushed today.MIT LicenseRustAgents5.4k+15

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    rust-sdk

    modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk

    The official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol

    Pushed yesterday.OtherRustPlugins4.1k+29

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    lean-ctx

    yvgude/lean-ctx

    LeanCTX — Context Intelligence for AI systems.

    Pushed 2 days ago.Apache License 2.0RustPlugins3.9k+24

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    nih-plug

    robbert-vdh/nih-plug

    Rust VST3 and CLAP plugin framework and plugins - because everything is better when you do it yourself

    Pushed 2 months ago.ISC LicenseRustPlugins3.0k+10

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