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Products that do what Pencyl does

A blazingly fast 9MB code editor built with Rust & Tauri

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   Tauri▲214

   An Electron alternative written in Rust

   2022

2. 2RA
   Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK▲194

   Author here. RMUX started from a frustration: I've used tmux for years and got tired of scraping output with grep and sleeps to automate anything. So I rebuilt the multiplexer from scratch in Rust, with a programmable layer on top. Two surfaces: a tmux-compatible CLI (~90 commands, your keybindings just work), and a typed async Rust SDK on the same daemon — stable pane IDs, structured snapshots, locator-style waits. The idea is Playwright-style automation, but for terminals. Native on Linux, macOS, Windows (real ConPTY, no WSL). Demos and docs at rmux.io. Happy to answer questions about the…

   May 2026 · github.com

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   Rust but Lisp▲218

   May 2026 · github.com

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   fcp – A significantly faster alternative to cp(1), written in Rust▲88

   2021 · github.com

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   MCP-stama – An ultra-fast Rust MCP server with no dependencies▲73

   An ultra-fast, single-binary MCP server written in Rust as a lightweight alternative to Node.js/Python. - StamManif/mcp-stama

   23d ago · github.com

6. 6ML
   Mnemo – local-first AI memory layer for any LLM (Rust, SQLite,petgraph)▲60

   Jun 2026 · github.com

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

   2018 · amp.rs

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   Haml-rs – Haml parser in Rust▲40

   2018 · github.com

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   Orch8 – Durable workflow engine in Rust, one binary, Postgres or SQLite▲26

   May 2026 · github.com

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    Prime▲4

    Native, lightweight for AI agents. Rust & Tauri v2

    May 2026

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    JulIDE – Lightweight Julia IDE Built with Tauri▲6

    Hi HN! I built JulIDE - a lightweight Julia IDE using Tauri and Rust. Features: 10MB install (vs VSCode's 300MB) Full LSP, debugger, Git integration Built-in dev containers with X11 forwarding Tauri/Rust backend, React frontend Monaco based editor It's beta but functional. Built this for fun and to solve a real need in the Julia community. Tech stack: Tauri 2, Rust, React, Monaco, LanguageServer.jl GitHub: https://github.com/sinisterMage/JulIde Would love feedback!

    Mar 2026 · github.com

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    MCPanel▲4

    Developer first local MCP servers manager

    28d ago · github.com

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    INKWELL▲1

    Sovereign, local-first Markdown editor built with Rust

    26d ago · github.com

14. 14LW
    Letlang, written in Rust, targeting Rust, now has a specification▲8

    2024 · david-delassus.medium.com

15. 15GA
    Glyph, a local-first Markdown notes app for macOS built with Rust▲8

    Glyph is an open-source, local-first Markdown notes app for macOS built with Rust (Tauri) It stores notes as plain files, supports fast search, wikilinks/backlinks, and includes optional AI chat, including implementation of Codex so you can use your chatgpt sub, all without requiring a cloud-first workflow. https://glyphformac.com/

    Mar 2026 · glyphformac.com

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    Rune – A focused Markdown writer for desktop (Tauri/Rust)▲5

    Hello, I'm Hyunbin. Recently I made 'Rune' which is a small desktop .md writer/editor. I am aware that there are a lot of .md editor out there. but i wanted to build .md editor by myself. Major features : - Atomic Saves (write-temp -> fsync -> rename) so a crash can't corrupt a file, debounced autosave. - Pasted/dropped images are content-addressed (sha256) into an assets. - Workspace folder + file tree, Chrome-style tabs - Interactive task checkboxes, readable/wide width toggle; self-contained HTML and PDF export - currently supports…

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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    Monghoul▲8

    MongoDB GUI with a smart autocomplete & 70+ MCP tools

    May 2026 · monghoul.com

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    pavoq – WebGL Shaders as Website Backgrounds – Written in Rust and Elm▲11

    2019 · pavoq.com

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    MagiQL, a GraphQL wrapper for natural language queries▲7

    This app works with any GraphQL endpoint, it makes an introspection query on initialization and save the schema to prefix gpt requests and create/run queries. Mostly useful for people that want to access data from a database and don't know how to code in graphql.

    2023 · github.com

20. 20AW
    A Wordle clone for the terminal. Written in Rust▲7

    2022 · github.com

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    Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8

    2014 · skepsi.me

22. 22RA
    rtoml – a TOML library for Python written in rust▲5

    2020 · github.com

23. 23RF
    Rotel – Fast and Efficient OpenTelemetry Collection in Rust▲9

    Project Page: https://rotel.dev Github: https://github.com/streamfold/rotel Hi HN, Ray and Mike here! We’re building Rotel, a new high performance, resource efficient approach to OpenTelemetry collection. Rotel is open source (Apache License 2.0) and runs as a standalone process and collects telemetry from external processes or other collection agents. It consumes 75% less memory and 50% less CPU in benchmarks https://streamfold.github.io/rotel-otel-loadtests/benchmarks, so it is particularly well-suited for environments where resource…

    2025 · rotel.dev

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    Jql – A JSON Query Language CLI Tool Written in Rust▲9

    2018 · github.com

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