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: +7024803 crates.io downloads over 90 days. These movements describe only changes in metrics collected over the period.

Measured period: 2026-08-29 to 2026-09-04

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

    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 ↗

    3 799GitHub stars+2 967 (+356.6 %)
  2. 2

    App
    Active

    Spotify, native and fast. One lightweight Rust app for your whole library, local playback, and Spotify Connect on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    RustLicense: MIT
    • audio
    • cross-platform
    • desktop-app
    • egui
    • gui

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    2 847GitHub stars+1 270 (+80.5 %)
  3. 3

    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

    995GitHub stars+394 (+65.6 %)
  4. 4

    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 ↗

    2 118GitHub stars+481 (+29.4 %)
  5. 5

    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 681GitHub stars+308 (+22.4 %)
  6. 6

    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 270GitHub stars+190 (+17.6 %)
  7. 7

    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 610GitHub stars+198 (+14.0 %)
  8. 8

    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 ↗

    141GitHub stars+48 (+51.6 %)
  9. 9

    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 565GitHub stars+177 (+7.4 %)
  10. 10

    CLI
    Active

    A network diagnostic tool

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

    githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

    7 833GitHub stars+271 (+3.6 %)
  11. 11

    Other
    Active

    一个轻量高性能的内网穿透应用，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 171GitHub stars+114 (+10.8 %)
  12. 12

    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 871GitHub stars+171 (+6.3 %)
    • 13

      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 ↗

      954GitHub stars+69 (+7.8 %)
    • 14

      Other
      Active

      ⚡ A native app for all your coding agents.

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

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 342GitHub stars+64 (+5.0 %)
    • 15

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

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 701GitHub stars+55 (+3.3 %)
    • 16

      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 ↗

      15 022GitHub stars+95 (+0.64 %)
    • 17

      CLI
      Active

      Terminal interface to find, download, and stream movies, TV shows, and live TV using local media players.

      RustLicense: Apache-2.0
      • anime
      • cli
      • downloader
      • iptv
      • moviebox

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 361GitHub stars+41 (+3.1 %)
    • 18

      CLI
      Active

      Global DNS propagation checker TUI — watch a DNS record propagate across 34 public resolvers worldwide, on a world map in your terminal

      RustLicense: MIT
      • cli
      • dns
      • dns-checker
      • dns-propagation
      • ratatui

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 138GitHub stars+35 (+3.2 %)
    • 19

      Other
      Active

      A post-modern modal text editor.

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

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      46 076GitHub stars+100 (+0.22 %)
    • 20

      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 091GitHub stars+29 (+2.7 %)
    • 21

      Other
      Active

      Open-source Grok App — desktop workbench (GUI) for the local Grok Build CLI: sessions, projects, media, automations. Tauri 2.

      TypeScriptLicense: MIT
      • ai
      • desktop
      • gui
      • rust
      • tauri

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      1 170GitHub stars+27 (+2.4 %)
    • 22

      Other
      Active

      The next-generation file converter. Open source, fully local* and free forever.

      SvelteLicense: AGPL-3.0
      • conversion
      • ffmpeg
      • imagemagick
      • magick
      • pandoc

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      15 513GitHub stars+40 (+0.26 %)
    • 23

      CLI
      Active

      A cat(1) clone with wings.

      RustLicense: Apache-2.0
      • cli
      • command-line
      • git
      • hacktoberfest
      • rust

      githubmeasured growthOpen source ↗

      60 366GitHub stars+43 (+0.07 %)

    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

      Reverse-Engineering

      Other
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      A FREE comprehensive reverse engineering tutorial covering x86, x64, 32-bit/64-bit ARM, 8-bit AVR and 32-bit RISC-V architectures.

      AssemblyLicense: Apache-2.0
      • arm
      • assembly
      • assembly-language
      • assembly-language-programming
      • avr
      githubResourcemeasured growth
      14 233GitHub stars+44 (+0.31 %)
    2. 2

      burn

      Other
      ActiveOpen source ↗

      Burn is a next generation tensor library and Deep Learning Framework that doesn't compromise on flexibility, efficiency and portability.

      RustLicense: Apache-2.0
      • autodiff
      • cross-platform
      • cuda
      • deep-learning
      • kernel-fusion
      githubResourcemeasured growth
      15 861GitHub stars+31 (+0.20 %)