Top Rust Open Source Projects | Generated by AI
Top Open Source Projects Primarily Written in Rust
Based on GitHub stars as of late 2025, here are the top 10 most popular open source projects where Rust is the primary language. These span tools, runtimes, editors, and more, showcasing Rust’s strengths in performance and safety.
| Rank | Project | Description | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rust-lang/rust | Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. (The Rust programming language itself.) | 107,635 |
| 2 | denoland/deno | A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. | 105,023 |
| 3 | rustdesk/rustdesk | An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. | 101,909 |
| 4 | tauri-apps/tauri | Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend. | 98,553 |
| 5 | unionlabs/union | The trust-minimized, zero-knowledge bridging protocol, designed for censorship resistance, extremely high security, and usage in decentralized finance. | 74,504 |
| 6 | astral-sh/uv | An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. | 71,948 |
| 7 | zed-industries/zed | Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. | 69,144 |
| 8 | FuelLabs/sway | Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient smart contracts. | 62,126 |
| 9 | alacritty/alacritty | A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. | 60,905 |
| 10 | rust-lang/rustlings | Small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code! | 60,488 |
These rankings highlight Rust’s ecosystem growth in systems programming, web, and tooling. For more, check the full top 100 or curated lists.
References:
GitHub Ranking - Top 100 Stars in Rust
TOP 61 Rust Open Source Projects in 2025