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Products that do what InnoDB_rs – InnoDB 'Undelete' Toolkit in Rust does

I recently had the "opportunity" to recover a database from being accidentally `rm -rf`'ed. In the process decided the best route is to implement InnoDB storage format and scan the disk for any and all record we can still find.

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   QoreDB▲95

   The fast, open-source database client built with Rust

   Mar 2026

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   Rem▲83

   CLI trash that makes it ridiculously easy to recover files.

   2021

3. 3RF
   Rust framework for advanced file recognition and identification▲46

   Alternative to magic.h and infer. Zero dependencies. Fully extensible. Works in no_std, async, and embedded contexts.

   2025 · crates.io

4. 4RL
   Rust library for Undo/Redo using deltas, snapshots or commands▲25

   May 2026 · github.com

5. 5IB
   I built a MySQL storage engine which is InnoDB compatible▲106

   2016 · upscaledb.com

6. 6CR
   cuTile Rust: Safe, data-race-free GPU kernels in Rust▲106

   Jun 2026 · github.com

7. 7RA
   RustyBox – a Busybox fork written in Rust▲114

   2019 · github.com

8. 8RD
   Rust Database from Scratch▲8

   May 2026 · github.com

9. 9RS
   rm-safely – A shell alias that moves files to trash instead of deleting▲14

   I made rm-safely, a simple shell wrapper that moves files to trash instead of permanently deleting them. It prevents accidental deletions from autocomplete mishaps or hasty rm -rf commands. Should work as a drop-in replacement for rm but safer. Would appreciate any feedback!

   2025 · github.com

10. 10AA
    Amp – A text editor for your terminal, written in Rust▲43

    2018 · amp.rs

11. 11IR
    I rebuilt the only parts of my IDE I use, in Rust, over a weekend▲50

    I don't know Rust. Friday after work I realised that 90% of my IDE time now is just the commit/diff view — and even good IDEs feel heavy for that. So over the weekend I built a dedicated native tool for just that. Kyde is a macOS git commit + diff editor with one goal: be fast, do Git well. I'm curious whether anyone else mostly opens their IDE for git operations these days. It's open source, and there's a signed app in Releases.

    Jun 2026 · github.com

12. 12TM
    Tinykv – Minimal file-backed key-value store for Rust▲24

    I built tinykv because I kept reaching for simple persistent storage in Rust projects but found existing solutions either too complex (sled) or unmaintained (pickledb). tinykv focuses on simplicity: JSON-based, serde-powered, with optional TTL. Perfect for CLI tools, game saves, config storage. Would appreciate any feedback from the HN community!

    2025 · crates.io

13. 13AA
    Aion a Rust Database▲6

    May 2026 · github.com

14. 14SS
    Shrouded, secure memory management in Rust▲5

    Hi HN! I've been building a project that handles high-value credentials in-process, and I wanted something more robust than just zeroing memory on drop. A comment on a recent Show HN[0] made me realize that awareness of lower-level memory protection techniques might not be as widespread as I thought. The idea here is to pull out all the tools in one crate, with a relatively simple API. * mlock/VirtualLock to prevent sensitive memory from being swapped (eg the KeePass dump) * Core dump exclusion using MADV_DONTDUMP on Linux & Android * mprotect to minimize exposure over time * Guard…

    Mar 2026 · github.com

15. 15DA
    DeepSearch – a high-performance SMB directory scanner in Rust▲16

    Dec 2025 · github.com

16. 16FC
    Fselect – CLI tool to search files with SQL-like queries (made in Rust)▲8

    2018 · github.com

17. 17OS
    Open-source Agent in Rust that can't delete your database▲7

    run "stakpak --profile readonly", then ask it to list, then nuke some AWS resource https://stakpak.gitbook.io/docs/how-it-works/warden-guardrai...

    Nov 2025 · github.com

18. 18FO
    FalkorDB – Open-source graph database major update (C/Rust)▲7

    Hey HN, I’m Roi, one of the co-creators of FalkorDB. We’re a growing team working on a graph database designed for production workloads and GraphRAG systems. The new release (v4.10.0) is out, and I wanted to share some of the updates and ask for feedback from folks who care about performance, memory efficiency in graph-heavy systems. FalkorDB is an open-source property graph database that supports OpenCypher (with our own extensions) and is used under the hood for retrieval-augmented generation setups where accuracy matters. The big problem we’re working on is scaling graph databases without…

    2025

19. 19RM
    RustFS – Migrate from MinIO via simple binary replacement▲10

    Mar 2026 · rustfs.dev

20. 20EE
    EDMA – Embedded database management tool written in Rust▲5

    2023 · github.com

21. 21DA
    Downloading a folder from a repo using rust▲10

    Sep 2025 · github.com

22. 22LF
    LeVarInt64 for Rust▲5

    A library for encoding (and decoding) u64s into usually fewer than eight bytes.

    2023 · crates.io

23. 23XA
    XitDB – an immutable single-file database▲8

    I couldn't find a database that was immutable (like Datomic) and embedded (like SQLite), so I made one. The reference impl is in Zig and there are now ports for Java, Clojure, TypeScript, and Go.

    Apr 2026 · github.com

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    LoraDB▲3

    Embedded Rust graph database for AI, Cypher & Vectors Search

    May 2026 · loradb.com

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