Rust Native

Open-source Rust projects categorized as Native

Top 19 Rust Native Projects

  1. dioxus

    Fullstack app framework for web, desktop, and mobile.

    Project mention: Dioxus 0.7: User interfaces in Rust that run anywhere | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-10
  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. slint

    Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.

    Project mention: iced 0.14 has been released (Rust GUI library) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-07

    There is also Slint, if you want another option. https://slint.dev

  4. floem

    A native Rust UI library with fine-grained reactivity

    Project mention: Ropey – A UTF8 text rope for manipulating and editing large texts. in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-15
  5. Native Windows GUI

    A light windows GUI toolkit for rust

  6. Relm4

    Build truly native applications with ease!

  7. Ribir

    Non-intrusive GUI framework for Rust/WASM

    Project mention: Ribir: Non-intrusive GUI framework for Rust/WASM | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-07
  8. russh

    Rust SSH client & server library

    Project mention: Darcs, Friendly Version Control | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-15

    Sadly my only experience with Pijul was this https://github.com/Eugeny/russh/issues/151.

    When one of the key guys behind the VCS says things like "especially when the alternative is something as broken as Git" about other control systems I really don't feel like using said tool.

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. sauron-native

    Truly cross platform, truly native. multiple backend GUI for rust

  11. winsafe

    Windows API and GUI in safe, idiomatic Rust.

  12. postsack

    Visually cluster your emails by sender, domain, and more to identify waste

    Project mention: Gmail to SQLite | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-09

    I build something to visualize huge amounts of email (such as from Gmail) some years ago:

    https://github.com/terhechte/postsack

  13. v8_killer

    A powerful and highly customizable universal V8 virtual machine injector.

  14. lam

    :rocket: a lightweight, universal actor-model vm for writing scalable and reliable applications that run natively and on WebAssembly (by leostera)

  15. hawkeye

    Simple license header checker and formatter, in multiple distribution forms. (by korandoru)

    Project mention: HawkEye: A Simple license header checker and formatter in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-28
  16. twitvault

    Easily Archive and Search Your Twitter Data with our Syncable Desktop App

  17. winsafe-examples

    Examples of native Windows applications written in Rust with WinSafe.

  18. sciter-js-rust-boilerplate

    Boilerplate for new Sciter.JS Rust project.

  19. SOPL

    A compiled, low level language

  20. quicklabel

    Simple Text-2-Image datasetting tool for hobbyists

  21. wt_custom_lang

    RETIRED/DEPRECATED Simply rename any display names using this free tool

  22. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

Rust Native discussion

Rust Native related posts

  • I Switched from Flutter and Rust to Rust and Egui

    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Jun 2025
  • Darcs, Friendly Version Control

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Feb 2025
  • SSH port forwarding from within Rust code

    2 projects | dev.to | 6 Jan 2025
  • LSP: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Sep 2024
  • Winsafe: Low-level Windows API and GUI in safe, idiomatic Rust

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Aug 2024
  • HawkEye: a Rust-written license header checker and formatter in multi dist forms

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jun 2024
  • Enjoyed Open-Source Collaboration

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Mar 2024
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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 dioxus 32,708
2 slint 21,253
3 floem 3,862
4 Native Windows GUI 2,039
5 Relm4 1,770
6 Ribir 1,608
7 russh 1,505
8 sauron-native 631
9 winsafe 622
10 postsack 561
11 v8_killer 410
12 lam 264
13 hawkeye 175
14 twitvault 161
15 winsafe-examples 81
16 sciter-js-rust-boilerplate 8
17 SOPL 3
18 quicklabel 2
19 wt_custom_lang 1

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