Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Ferron is a web server written in Rust, currently in beta. It leverages Rust's memory-safe features to provide a more secure foundation for web serving. The project is open to user feedback during its development… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

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   I'm rewriting a web server written in Rust for speed and ease of use▲68

   Hello! I got quite some feedback on a web server I'm building, so I'm rewriting the server to be faster and easier to use. I (and maybe some other contributors?) have optimized the web server performance, especially for static file serving and reverse proxying (the last use case I optimized for very recently). I also picked a different configuration format and specification, what I believe is easier to write. Automatic TLS is also enabled by default out of the box, you don't need to even enable it manually, like it was in the original server I was building. Yesterday, I released the first…

   2025 · ferron.sh · its alternatives →

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   IP Guide – Info on IP addresses, Networks, and ASNs▲363

   Hey all, wanted to share my recent weekend hack project. I wanted to improve upon the existing space for looking up information about IP addresses and ASNs. The backend is written in Rust and pulls BGP data every 8 hours from the RIPE RIS project to build up a routing table and also adds geolocation information. The frontend is using React and Tailwind. Would love any feedback or suggestions on what to improve.

   2023 · ip.guide · its alternatives →

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   Sauron – A web framework in Rust that adheres to the Elm architecture▲305

   A versatile web framework and library for building client-side and server-side web applications - ivanceras/sauron

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Iron, a fast middleware-oriented Rust web server framework▲81

   An Extensible, Concurrent Web Framework for Rust. Contribute to iron/iron development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FeOx – Fast embedded KV store in Rust▲37

   FeOx (Iron-Oxide) is an ultra-fast, embedded and persisted KV store in pure Rust. - mehrantsi/feoxdb

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Rocket – Web Framework for Rustfree▲484

   2016 · rocket.rs · its alternatives →

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   ZeroHTTPd: A web server to teach Linux performance, with benchmarks▲472

   Articles in this series Part I. Iterative ServersPart II. Forking ServersPart III. Pre-forking ServersPart IV. Threaded ServersPart V. Pre-threaded ServersPart VI: poll-based serverPart VII: epoll-…

   2019 · unixism.net · its alternatives →

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   Pumpkin – A Modern Minecraft server written in Rust▲419

   Empowering everyone to host fast and efficient Minecraft servers - Pumpkin-MC/Pumpkin

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi▲87

   Hey HN, I wanted to get more familiar with C programming, *nix socket programming and C compilation, so I wrote this "web" ""server"". It's running on a tiny SBC in my office, and there's as little as possible between you and it. Happy for you to try and break it, hopefully with something more interesting than a DoS though :) Please let me know if you find any issues.

   2025 · unsafehttp.benren.au · its alternatives →

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    Ferrum.js – Rust features in JS: traits and advanced iteration▲63

    Features from the rust language in javascript: Provides Traits/Type classes & a hashing infrastructure and an advanced library for working with sequences/iterators in js - adobe/ferrum

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OxiSH, a modern, memory-safe SSH server▲28

    Aug 2026 · dirkjan.ochtman.nl · its alternatives →

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    I built a Rust crate for running unsafe code safely▲113

    A Rust crate for containing memory leaks and fragmentation - brannondorsey/mem-isolate

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering▲241

    Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements: → Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS → Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling → Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization → JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse → Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status Also: minimap, zen mode,…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Restate – Low-latency durable workflows for JavaScript/Java, in Rust▲185

    We'd love to share our work with you: Restate, a system for workflows-as-code (durable execution). With SDKs in JS/Java/Kotlin and a lightweight runtime built in Rust/Tokio. https://github.com/restatedev/ https://restate.dev/ It is free and open, SDKs are MIT-licensed, runtime permissive BSL (basically just the minimal Amazon defense). We worked on that for a bit over a year. A few points I think are worth mentioning: - Restate's runtime is a single binary, self-contained, no dependencies aside from a durable disk. It contains basically a…

    2024 · restate.dev · its alternatives →

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    Open-source serverless security lake powered by Rust + Apache Iceberg▲63

    Open source security data lake for threat hunting, detection & response, and cybersecurity analytics at petabyte scale on AWS - matanolabs/matano

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cot: a Rust web framework for lazy developersfree▲113

    2025 · mackow.ski · 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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    Hydrogen, a multithread non-blocking Linux server framework in Rust▲154

    Multithreaded, non-blocking Linux server framework in Rust - nathansizemore/hydrogen

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Second State VM▲78

    High performance secure & portable Rust functions in Node.js

    2020 · secondstate.io · its alternatives →

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    FemtoGPT – Pure Rust implementation of a GPT language model▲19

    Pure Rust implementation of a minimal Generative Pretrained Transformer - keyvank/femtoGPT

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunnelto.dev – expose localhost with a public URL (built in Rust)▲100

    Expose your local web server to the internet with a public URL

    2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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    Shadowsocks-rust – A fast SOCKSv5 proxy in Rust▲68

    Oh my implementation of Shadowsocks in Rust. Contribute to loggerhead/shadowsocks-rust development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Second State Serverless FaaS▲92

    High-performance serverless functions for Rust & WebAssembly

    2020 · secondstate.io · its alternatives →

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    Ferroterm – Rust / WebAssembly Terminal Emulator and Library▲6

    FerroTerm is a Terminal Emulator (xterm/vt100) / Library witten in Rust and compiled to WebAssembly. It is approx 4x faster than xterm.js which is used by VSCode etc. and prodvides wide spec coverage. https://datanoisetv.github.io/ferroterm/ Would love some feedback and hear what people want to build with it.

    Jul 2026 · its alternatives →

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