# rust

Rust-native multi-agent orchestration for production

GraphBit is a Rust-native, multi-agent orchestration framework built for production. It targets the gap between Python-first frameworks like LangGraph and the operational expectations of enterprise systems — predictable memory, low latency, deterministic concurrency, and the ability to embed an agent runtime in services that already run Rust without dragging in a Python interpreter.

Build modular, scalable LLM applications in Rust

Open-source Rust library for building scalable, modular, and ergonomic LLM-powered applications. Rig unifies 20+ model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, DeepSeek, Ollama, and more) and 10+ vector stores behind one trait-based interface, supports completion and embedding workflows, multi-turn streaming, and transcription/audio/image generation, with full GenAI Semantic Convention compatibility and WASM-ready core library — production agentic infra for Rust teams.

ByteDance high-performance JSON library

Sonic is ByteDance's blazingly fast JSON serialization library accelerated by JIT compilation and SIMD instructions. It achieves 3x faster throughput than Go's standard library while using 75% less memory and 99% fewer allocations. Drop-in compatible with encoding/json, it handles both simple Marshal/Unmarshal operations and streaming APIs for high-throughput services processing millions of events.

Fast embeddable vector search engine

USearch is a high-performance vector search engine implementing HNSW algorithms for approximate nearest neighbor queries across C++, Python, JavaScript, Rust, Java, Go, and more. It supports user-defined distance metrics, memory-mapped persistence for datasets larger than RAM, and filtered search with predicates. Used by YugabyteDB and ScyllaDB as their production vector indexing backend.

Fast async link checker written in Rust

Lychee is a fast, asynchronous link checker written in Rust that finds broken URLs and email addresses in Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText, and websites. Available as a CLI tool, Rust library, and GitHub Action, it validates links with configurable concurrency, rate limiting, and retry logic. Supports GitHub token authentication for API rate limit avoidance and can check both internal file links and external HTTP endpoints across entire repositories or websites.

High-performance Rust JavaScript toolchain

Oxc is a high-performance collection of JavaScript and TypeScript tools written in Rust by the VoidZero team. It includes a parser, linter, formatter, transpiler, minifier, and module resolver that run 50x faster than their JS equivalents. Oxc powers Rolldown and integrates with Vite, forming the backbone of a unified Rust-based toolchain. With 20K+ GitHub stars and MIT license, it provides drop-in replacements for ESLint, Prettier, and Babel with dramatic speed gains.

Rust-powered JavaScript bundler for Vite

Rolldown is a high-performance JavaScript and TypeScript bundler written in Rust, built as the next-generation bundler for Vite. Created by Evan You and VoidZero, it offers a Rollup-compatible plugin API with 10-30x faster builds. It combines esbuild-level speed with full Rollup ecosystem compatibility, supporting tree-shaking, code splitting, and advanced optimizations natively. With 13K+ stars and MIT license, it is set to become the default bundler for Vite 8.

Fastest file search toolkit for AI agents and Neovim

fff.nvim (freakin fast fuzzy) is a high-performance file search toolkit for AI agents, Neovim, Rust, C, and NodeJS. Hybrid architecture with Lua frontend and Rust backend delivers sub-10ms search across 50K+ file codebases. Uses frecency memory combining frequency, recency, git status, and definition matches to surface the most relevant files for AI coding workflows.

High-performance WebAssembly runtime for cloud and AI

WasmEdge is a CNCF sandbox WebAssembly runtime optimized for cloud-native, edge, and AI workloads. It provides a lightweight, secure, and portable execution environment that is faster than containers and safer than native processes. WasmEdge supports LLM inference via LlamaEdge, serverless functions, microservices, and plugin extensions for networking, AI, and cryptography across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Full-text and vector search engine in under 2KB

Orama is a complete search engine and RAG pipeline that runs in browsers, servers, and edge environments in under 2KB. It provides full-text search, vector search, and hybrid search with built-in faceting, filters, geo-search, and typo tolerance. Orama requires no external dependencies and works entirely client-side for instant search experiences, or server-side with Node.js and Deno for larger datasets.

Extremely fast Python type checker written in Rust

ty is an extremely fast Python type checker built in Rust by Astral, the team behind Ruff and uv. It performs full type inference, supports PEP 695 type parameter syntax, and checks Python code orders of magnitude faster than mypy or pyright. ty completes the Astral Python toolchain alongside Ruff for linting and uv for package management, giving developers a unified Rust-powered development experience.

Git-friendly API client by the creator of Insomnia

Yaak is an API client built by the original creator of Insomnia, designed with Git-friendly file storage from the ground up. API requests, environments, and collections are stored as human-readable files that version control naturally alongside application code. Supports REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket with a clean, keyboard-driven interface focused on developer productivity.

Rust-based agent OS with built-in security, WASM sandboxing, and multi-agent runtime

OpenFang is an open-source agent operating system built in Rust that provides a secure multi-agent runtime with WASM sandboxing, auditability layers, and multi-channel communication. It goes beyond typical orchestration SDKs by treating agent security and operational isolation as first-class concerns, making it suitable for teams deploying agents in environments where trust boundaries and audit trails matter.

Multi-model database for the AI era — document, graph, vector, and relational in one

SurrealDB is a multi-model database that natively combines document, graph, relational, key-value, and vector storage in a single engine. It eliminates the need for separate databases by handling structured queries, graph traversals, full-text search, and vector similarity in one SQL-like query language called SurrealQL. Built in Rust for performance and safety, it supports real-time subscriptions, row-level permissions, and embedded or distributed deployment modes.

Incremental parsing system powering code intelligence in AI editors

Tree-sitter is an incremental parsing library with 19,000+ GitHub stars used by Cursor, Neovim, GitHub, and Helix for real-time syntax analysis. It generates concrete syntax trees that update incrementally as code changes, enabling AI code editors to understand program structure for intelligent completions, refactoring, and code navigation.

High-performance S3-compatible object storage built in Rust

RustFS is an open-source distributed object storage system built entirely in Rust, offering 2.3x faster performance than MinIO for small object payloads. It provides full S3 API compatibility, enabling seamless migration from MinIO, Ceph, and AWS S3 with existing SDKs and CLI tools. Released under Apache 2.0 license, it avoids MinIO's restrictive AGPL terms. Features include distributed architecture, erasure coding, WORM compliance, encryption via RustyVault, and a web management console.

Financial transactions database designed for mission-critical safety and speed

TigerBeetle is a purpose-built database for financial transactions that prioritizes safety and performance above all else. Written in Zig, it provides strict debit-credit consistency, serializable isolation, append-only immutability, and multi-cloud high availability. Designed for ledgers, payment systems, and any application where losing or duplicating a transaction is catastrophic.

Blazing-fast Rust-based CSV Swiss Army knife for the terminal

xan is a fast command-line tool for working with CSV files, built in Rust by the Sciences Po medialab team. It provides over 50 subcommands for filtering, sorting, joining, aggregating, and transforming CSV data directly in the terminal. With 3,900 GitHub stars and near-instant processing of multi-gigabyte files, xan replaces workflows that previously required loading data into Python or spreadsheets.

High-performance data engine for multimodal AI workloads

Daft is a high-performance distributed data engine designed specifically for AI and multimodal workloads. It processes structured data alongside images, audio, video, and embeddings natively, outperforming Spark and Polars on AI-specific data pipelines. Built in Rust with a Python API, Daft handles the data engineering challenges unique to machine learning workflows.

Find which AI models actually run on your hardware in one command

llmfit is a Rust-based terminal tool that matches over 200 LLM models from 30+ providers against your exact hardware specs. The interactive TUI scores each model on fit, speed, VRAM usage, and context length, helping you avoid downloading models that won't run on your machine. It supports Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX, Docker Model Runner, and LM Studio backends.

Run local code inside your Kubernetes cluster without deploying

mirrord lets developers run local processes as if they were inside their Kubernetes cluster — intercepting network traffic, environment variables, and file access at the OS level without any deployment or configuration changes. Backed by $12.5M in seed funding with investors including Sentry's co-founder, it claims up to 98% faster iteration cycles and 30% fewer production bugs by eliminating the gap between local and cluster environments.

AI coding agent for embedded systems and firmware engineering

Embedder is a specialized AI coding agent for firmware and embedded systems development. It supports 400+ MCU variants including STM32 and ESP32, parses hardware datasheets to understand register maps and pin configurations, and verifies generated code by interacting with physical boards via serial console. YC S25 participant currently in beta.

Durable execution engine for workflows and AI agents

Restate is a durable execution engine that provides reliable workflow orchestration for AI agents and backend services. It runs as a single binary with no external dependencies, delivering sub-50ms latency and 94K+ actions per second. Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, and Kotlin SDKs with built-in retries, sagas, and virtual object state. MIT licensed with 3,700+ GitHub stars.

Local-first AI notepad for meetings and voice notes

Hyprnote is a local-first AI notepad designed for capturing and processing meeting notes and voice recordings. It runs entirely on-device for privacy, transcribes audio using local models, and generates structured summaries, action items, and follow-ups. Built with Rust and Tauri for native desktop performance. Over 8,000 GitHub stars with strong privacy-focused community adoption.