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24 alternatives to Hadlock – X window manager written in rust

X window manager. Contribute to AdaShoelace/hadlock development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hadlock – X window manager written in rust launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A minimal working Rust / SDL2 / WASM browser game▲82

   "Game" is a stretch, but I put together this repo containing a pure Rust app which uses SDL2 and compiles to WASM (and can be run in a browser). Older resources were a bit out of date and a bit too verbose for my purposes, so here's a minimal working example.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Rust9x 1.76-beta – Rust on Windows 95+▲53

   HN discussion about the initial release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31112273

   2023 · seri.tools · its alternatives →

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   Tiny 1k Rust binary on Windows▲99

   :crab: 464b rust binary on windows. Contribute to mcountryman/min-sized-rust-windows development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Sandboxing untrusted code using WebAssembly▲76

   Hi everyone, I built a runtime to isolate untrusted code using wasm sandboxes. Basically, it protects your host system from problems that untrusted code can cause. We’ve had a great discussion about sandboxing in Python lately that elaborates a bit more on the problem [1]. In TypeScript, wasm integration is even more natural thanks to the close proximity between both ecosystems. The core is built in Rust. On top of that, I use WASI 0.2 via wasmtime and the component model, along with custom SDKs that keep things as idiomatic as possible. For example, in Python we have a simple decorator:…

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Unbug – Rust macros for programmatically invoking breakpoints▲96

   This project is inspired by some of the asserts in Unreal engine. Due to reliance on core_intrinsics it is necessary to develop using nightly Rust, but there are stubs in place so a production build will not require nightly. I recently released version 0.2 which includes no_std support and adds optional log message arguments to the ensure macro.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Cross-platform dotfiles manager written in Rust▲21

   ⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager. Contribute to Shemnei/punktf development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   rustorm – A simple ORM for rust▲5

   an orm for rust. Contribute to ivanceras/rustorm development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I'm a teen from Kenya and I built a package manager in Rust for fun▲6

   rust-based package manager :). Contribute to v1peridae/vee development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   RustPython for FreeDOS with W2c2▲34

   A Python Interpreter written in Rust. Contribute to coolcoder613eb/RustPython development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rux, a hobbyist microkernel written in Rust▲14

    A hobbyist microkernel written in Rust, featuring a capability-based system similar to seL4. - sorpaas/rux

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Wordle clone for the terminal. Written in Rust▲7

    A Wordle clone for the terminal. Written in Rust. Contribute to H4kor/rordle development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ajour – A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust▲5

    A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust. - ajour/ajour

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Yashiki – A tiling window manager for macOS in Rust, inspired by River▲23

    macOS tiling window manager. Contribute to typester/yashiki development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Building mobile apps in rust and flutter▲7

    Cross compile rust to any platform (unmaintained). Contribute to rust-mobile/xbuild development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust-Lazy, safe, concurrent lazy evaluation▲6

    Lazy Evaluation for Rust. Contribute to reem/rust-lazy development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    wasm-mt – A multithreading library for Rust and WebAssembly▲5

    A multithreading library for Rust and WebAssembly. Contribute to w3reality/wasm-mt development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A minimal workflow orchestrator for Python written in Rust▲11

    Workflow orchestrator written in rust. Contribute to RainingComputers/Flowmium development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust UEFI UI Lib▲6

    uefi ui rust. Contribute to sloev/uefi-ui development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hunter – Lag-free terminal file browser in Rust▲9

    The fastest file manager in the galaxy! Contribute to rabite0/hunter development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Zero-overhead compile-time builder pattern for Rust▲9

    buco: Builder at Compile Time. Contribute to NishantJoshi00/buco development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rust WebAssembly A* Pathfinding Demo▲12

    👾 Rust WebAssembly A* Pathfinding Demo. Contribute to jacobdeichert/wasm-astar development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built an open-source Rust/TS AI agent runtime with a Next.js-style DX▲5

    Link: https://docs.trysoma.ai/ For the past ~9 months I’ve been building Soma, an open-source AI agent & workflow runtime written in Rust, with a TypeScript SDK (Python coming soon). It’s not a framework; it’s meant to sit underneath whatever agent/tooling code you already write (Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, custom code, etc.). It provides features around your framework + a better DX for building agents. I’ve tried to take a Next.JS model: open-source, good DX, self-deployable. I originally set out to build a vertical back-office/operations product for SMEs. I needed a…

    Dec 2025 · docs.trysoma.ai · its alternatives →

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    RiceVM – A Dis virtual machine and Limbo compiler in Rust▲7

    Hi, I've made a Dis virtual machine and Limbo programming language compiler (called RiceVM) in Rust. It can run Dis bytecode (for example, Inferno OS applications), compile Limbo programs, and includes a fairly complete runtime with garbage collection, concurrency features, and many of the standard modules from Inferno OS's original implementation. The project is still in an early stage, but if you're interested in learning more about RiceVM or trying it out, you can check out the links below: Project's GitHub repo: https://github.com/habedi/ricevm RiceVM documentation:…

    Apr 2026 · its alternatives →

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    An interactive test runner for Rust projects▲6

    interactive test runner for rust projects. Contribute to onur-ozkan/cargo-qtest development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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