Rust
13 production projects and 1 rule set built with Rust.
AGENTS.md Rules & Agent Skills
Production Projects
Vaultwarden
Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust; replaces the heavy multi-container C#/.NET stack with a lightweight single-binary service consuming under 50MB of RAM.
Prisma
Benchmark developer experience for relational databases; leverages declarative schema modeling to auto-generate fully type-safe TypeScript clients backed by an optimized query engine.
Deno
Modern secure runtime by Ryan Dahl; eliminates node_modules and build pipelines with first-class TypeScript, web standard APIs, and an explicit capability-based security sandbox.
Tailwind CSS
Industry-standard utility styling; modern v4 rewrites the core engine in Rust (Oxide) to scan gigabytes of project files and compile CSS in microsecond render cycles.
Next.js
The enterprise React benchmark; leverages React Server Components, server actions, and a high-performance Rust compiler (Turbopack) for maximum SEO and sub-second page loads.
Garage (RustFS)
Lightweight, self-hosted geo-distributed S3-compatible object storage designed to run across multiple data centers and low-bandwidth connections. Uses CRDT metadata replication and RocksDB block storage with minimal memory overhead.
SurrealDB
Unified document, graph, and relational cloud database written in Rust. Replaces complex backend stacks with schema-full/schema-less flexibility, real-time WebSocket live queries, granular row-level permissions, and distributed key-value storage backends (TiKV/RocksDB).
Qdrant
Vector database built from scratch in Rust for low-latency similarity search and payload filtering. Utilizes memory-mapped (mmap) disk storage for billion-scale embeddings, custom HNSW graph indexing with hardware SIMD acceleration (AVX-512/NEON), and dual gRPC/REST APIs.
OpenObserve
Ultra-low-cost, high-throughput unified observability for logs, metrics, and traces. Written in Rust for zero-overhead stream ingestion, compiling telemetry directly into compressed Apache Parquet columnar shards stored on S3, querying via Apache DataFusion vector execution without maintaining expensive search indices.
Vector
Ultra-high throughput observability pipeline by Datadog; Rust guarantees minimal memory footprint and zero GC pauses during gigabyte/sec telemetry ingestion.
RustDesk
Ultra-low latency TeamViewer alternative; Rust backend and signaling servers guarantee memory safety and maximum bandwidth efficiency.
Meilisearch
Blazing fast sub-50ms search-as-you-type: custom Rust indexing engine with typo-tolerance out of the box.
AFFiNE
Local-first collaborative workspace: CRDT conflict-free resolution in Rust with peer-to-peer sync engine.
Often Used With
Frequently Asked Questions
How many production projects use Rust?
13 verified production projects in the STACK IT FAST directory use Rust, each with a full architecture breakdown.
What is Rust most often used with?
Across projects in the directory, Rust is most commonly paired with TypeScript, SQLite, Tokio.
Is there an AGENTS.md rule or Claude Code skill for Rust?
Yes — Rust + Axum + PostgreSQL (sqlx & Tokio) includes a full AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, Cursor .mdc rule set and an installable SKILL.md covering Rust.