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: +7763556 crates.io downloads over 90 days. These movements describe only changes in metrics collected over the period.

Measured period: 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-02

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

    904GitHub stars+437 (+93.6 %)
  2. 2

    App
    Active

    World's first open-source enterprise world model.

    RustLicense: Apache-2.0
    • agent-memory
    • bitemporal
    • graphrag
    • knowledge-base
    • knowledge-graph

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    1 348GitHub stars+516 (+62.0 %)
  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 924GitHub stars+428 (+28.6 %)
  4. 4

    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 613GitHub stars+371 (+29.9 %)
  5. 5

    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 569GitHub stars+261 (+20.0 %)
  6. 6

    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 888GitHub stars+1 308 (+7.0 %)
    • 7

      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 496GitHub stars+200 (+8.7 %)
    • 8

      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 140GitHub stars+133 (+13.2 %)
    • 9

      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 832GitHub stars+202 (+7.7 %)
      • 10

        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 183GitHub stars+116 (+10.9 %)
      • 11

        CLI
        Active

        A network diagnostic tool

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

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        7 772GitHub stars+236 (+3.1 %)
      • 12

        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 779GitHub stars+425 (+0.74 %)
      • 13

        Other
        Active

        ⚡ A native app for all your coding agents.

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

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        1 323GitHub stars+61 (+4.8 %)
      • 14

        Other
        Active

        egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • egui
        • game-development
        • gamedev
        • gui
        • imgui

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        30 334GitHub stars+157 (+0.52 %)
      • 15

        Other
        Active
        RustLicense: AGPL-3.0
        • cloudflare
        • gool
        • masque
        • rust
        • warp

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        1 687GitHub stars+55 (+3.4 %)
      • 16

        Other
        Active

        Beautiful pdf components, built on Takumi and Forme. 100% Free, Zero config, one command setup.

        TypeScriptLicense: MIT
        • forme
        • html-to-pdf
        • jsx
        • pdf
        • pdf-generation

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        918GitHub stars+42 (+4.8 %)
      • 17

        App
        Active

        ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

        C++License: Apache-2.0
        • ai
        • analytics
        • big-data
        • clickhouse
        • cloud-native

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        49 600GitHub stars+127 (+0.26 %)
      • 18

        Other
        Active

        A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

        RustLicense: Apache-2.0
        • bevy
        • game-development
        • game-engine
        • gamedev
        • open-source

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        48 002GitHub stars+118 (+0.25 %)
      • 19

        Other
        Active

        A post-modern modal text editor.

        RustLicense: MPL-2.0
        • kakoune
        • rust
        • text-editor
        • vim

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        46 058GitHub stars+116 (+0.25 %)
      • 20

        Other
        Active

        Lightweight Armoury Crate alternative for Asus laptops with nearly the same functionality. Works with ROG Zephyrus, Flow, TUF, Strix, Scar, ProArt, Vivobook, Zenbook, Expertbook, ROG Ally, and many more.

        C#License: GPL-3.0
        • ally
        • amd
        • armoury
        • asus
        • aura

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        14 980GitHub stars+87 (+0.58 %)
      • 21

        Library
        Active

        A fast, resilient, multi-source file retriever and download engine

        RustLicense: GPL-3.0
        • downloadmanager
        • iced
        • rust
        • rust-cli
        • rust-community

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        99GitHub stars+11 (+12.5 %)
      • 22

        MCP
        Active

        Open-source, local-first desktop AI research workbench for scientific computing with Python/R, MCP bioinformatics tools, SSH/WSL/GPU runtimes, and OpenAI/Anthropic models.

        RustLicense: AGPL-3.0
        • agent-skills
        • ai-agent
        • ai-assistant
        • ai-for-science
        • ai4science

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        1 081GitHub stars+33 (+3.1 %)
      • 23

        Other
        Active

        ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

        RustLicense: ISC
        • bash
        • fish
        • fish-prompt
        • fish-theme
        • oh-my-zsh

        githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

        59 721GitHub stars+100 (+0.17 %)

      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 868GitHub stars+2 201 (+4.4 %)
      2. 2

        awesome-rust

        Other
        ActiveOpen source ↗

        A curated list of Rust code and resources.

        RustLicense: CC0-1.0
        • awesome
        • rust
        githubResourcemeasured growth
        59 103GitHub stars+118 (+0.20 %)