Rust radar: tools and trends

Momentum based on available 7-day snapshots for Rust: measured with two snapshots, estimated otherwise. Each value shows its own source window. This page reads stored snapshots only.

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What’s changing

Of 20 comparable tools in Rust, 20 are increasing, 0 are stable, and 0 are declining. serde has the largest measured increase: +7697286 crates.io downloads over 90 days. These movements describe only changes in metrics collected over the period.

Measured period: 2026-08-26 to 2026-09-01

Tool ranking

Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. Raw values keep their source-specific window, shown under each tool; a change requires at least two snapshots from the last 7 days.

  1. 1

    Skill
    Active

    For You Agent——AI 时代的个人随身数字人格。把你的模型、AI 账号、技能、提示词和工作方式，带到每一个 AI 工具里。

    Rust
    • agent-management
    • agent-skills
    • ai-agent
    • ai-assistant
    • ai-worker

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    Install git clone https://github.com/fy-agent/fyagent ~/.claude/skills/fyagent

    883GitHub stars+526 (+147.3 %)
  2. 2

    Agent
    Active

    Best headless browser for AI agents. Lite, Fast, High-Compatibility. Built in Rust

    RustLicense: Apache-2.0
    • ai-agents
    • ai-tools
    • browser
    • browser-automation
    • cloud-browser

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 566GitHub stars+413 (+35.8 %)
  3. 3

    App
    Active

    Safety-first disk cleaner and space analyzer for macOS and Windows, with duplicate cleanup, app uninstall, startup management, system optimization, and maintenance.

    RustLicense: GPL-3.0
    • app-uninstaller
    • cache-cleaner
    • cross-platform
    • desktop-app
    • disk-cleaner

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 830GitHub stars+408 (+28.7 %)
  4. 4

    Other
    Active

    Open-source desktop AI agent for tools, files, knowledge, workflows, and real deliverables.

    RustLicense: MIT
    • ai-agent
    • automation
    • desktop-app
    • llm
    • local-first

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 543GitHub stars+278 (+22.0 %)
  5. 5

    Other
    Active

    Convert Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenDocument, RTF, EPUB, CSV, and PDF to clean Markdown. Built in Rust, with Node.js and Python bindings.

    RustLicense: MIT

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      19 697GitHub stars+1 233 (+6.7 %)
    • 6

      Skill
      Active

      A browser inside your terminal

      RustLicense: MIT
      • browser
      • claude-code
      • claude-skills
      • cli
      • codex

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install git clone https://github.com/zenbu-labs/terminal-browser ~/.claude/skills/terminal-browser

      2 468GitHub stars+225 (+10.0 %)
    • 7

      Other
      Active

      一个轻量高性能的内网穿透工具，二进制体积大约5MB ，支持 TCP、QUIC、KCP、WebSocket 传输协议，支持 TCP、UDP、HTTP、HTTPS、SOCKS5 协议代理，提供纯Rust原生跨平台桌面客户端和服务端 Web 界面

      RustLicense: Apache-2.0
      • expose
      • http
      • https
      • kcp
      • nat

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 122GitHub stars+153 (+15.8 %)
    • 8

      Library
      UnknownLast commit: unavailable

      A generic serialization/deserialization framework

      • serialization
      • no_std
      • serde
      • no-std
      • encoding

      cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install cargo add serde

      284 577 084crates.io downloads over 90 days+7 697 286 (+2.8 %)
    • 9

      Library
      UnknownLast commit: unavailable

      Simple work-stealing parallelism for Rust

      • concurrency
      • parallel
      • thread
      • performance
      • join

      cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install cargo add rayon

      116 018 426crates.io downloads over 90 days+2 340 376 (+2.1 %)
    • 10

      Library
      UnknownLast commit: unavailable

      higher level HTTP client library

      • client
      • http
      • request
      • wasm
      • web-programming::http-client

      cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      Install cargo add reqwest

      170 398 639crates.io downloads over 90 days+3 277 849 (+2.0 %)
    • 11

      Other
      Active

      Rust 驱动的多协议下载管理器，支持 HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent 磁力链接及 HLS/DASH 流媒体，智能多线程加速与浏览器无缝集成。精美界面，极致性能，永久免费，零广告。

      RustLicense: AGPL-3.0

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        2 793GitHub stars+194 (+7.5 %)
      • 12

        Library
        UnknownLast commit: unavailable

        An event-driven, non-blocking I/O platform for writing asynchronous I/O backed applications.

        • io
        • async
        • non-blocking
        • futures
        • asynchronous

        cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        Install cargo add tokio

        211 567 815crates.io downloads over 90 days+3 434 746 (+1.7 %)
      • 13

        Library
        UnknownLast commit: unavailable

        HTTP routing and request handling library that focuses on ergonomics and modularity

        • http
        • web
        • routing
        • network-programming
        • asynchronous

        cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        Install cargo add axum

        110 024 664crates.io downloads over 90 days+1 668 445 (+1.5 %)
      • 14

        Library
        UnknownLast commit: unavailable

        A simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser

        • parser
        • argument
        • cli
        • parse
        • arg

        cratesmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        Install cargo add clap

        220 588 820crates.io downloads over 90 days+3 283 538 (+1.5 %)
      • 15

        CLI
        Active

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

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • agentic-coding
        • ai-coding
        • anthropic
        • claude-code
        • cli

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        78 098GitHub stars+671 (+0.87 %)
      • 16

        App
        Active

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

        RustLicense: MIT
        • ai-tools
        • claude-code
        • codex
        • desktop-app
        • grok

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        130 418GitHub stars+1 008 (+0.78 %)
      • 17

        Other
        Active

        PocketJS is a portable application runtime that turns modern component code into native pixels across radically different hardware.

        TypeScriptLicense: MIT
        • embedded-ui
        • flexbox
        • frontend
        • jsx
        • native-ui

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        1 166GitHub stars+101 (+9.5 %)
      • 18

        Other
        Active

        The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]

        Python
        • ai-gateway
        • anthropic
        • azure-openai
        • bedrock
        • gateway

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        57 714GitHub stars+441 (+0.77 %)
      • 19

        Other
        Active

        Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • compiler
        • language
        • rust

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        116 702GitHub stars+483 (+0.42 %)
      • 20

        CLI
        Active

        A network diagnostic tool

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • cli
        • command-line-interface
        • command-line-tool
        • dns
        • icmp

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        7 722GitHub stars+195 (+2.6 %)
      • 21

        App
        Active

        An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

        RustLicense: AGPL-3.0
        • android
        • anydesk
        • dart
        • flatpak
        • flutter

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        122 274GitHub stars+442 (+0.36 %)
      • 22

        Other
        Active

        ⚡ A native app for all your coding agents.

        RustLicense: GPL-3.0
        • agent
        • amp
        • claude-code
        • codex
        • coding

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        1 301GitHub stars+83 (+6.8 %)
      • 23

        Other
        Active

        Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

        RustLicense: AGPL-3.0
        • bitwarden
        • bitwarden-rs
        • docker
        • rocket
        • rust

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        66 570GitHub stars+316 (+0.48 %)
      • 24

        Library
        Active

        An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • packaging
        • python
        • resolver
        • uv

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        89 289GitHub stars+206 (+0.23 %)

      Learning resources

      Ranked by measured growth, normalized across sources. These resources remain available separately and do not take part in the main tool ranking.

      1. 1

        ai-engineering-from-scratch

        Agent
        ActiveOpen source ↗

        Learn it. Build it. Ship it for others.

        PythonLicense: MIT
        • agents
        • ai
        • ai-agents
        • ai-engineering
        • computer-vision
        githubResourcemeasured growth
        51 638GitHub stars+2 509 (+5.1 %)