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24 alternatives to Rust 1.0

A high-level, safe and concurrent alternative to C++

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rust 1.0 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Rust 1.1▲1

   A memory-safe alternative to C/C++ with modern semantics

   2015 · blog.rust-lang.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Maelstrom – A Hermetic, Clustered Test Runner for Rust (and It's Fast)▲6

   2024 · maelstrom-software.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   GameLisp, a scripting language for Rust game development▲5

   2020 · gamelisp.rs · its alternatives →

4. 4
   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 Older resources were a bit out of date and a bit too verbose for my purposes, so here's a minimal working example.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 →

5. 5
   Realsense-Rust – Streaming Intel RealSense from Rust▲9

   High-level RealSense library in Rust

   2021 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AP
   A Python Web Framework with Rust Runtime▲5

   2022 · sanskar.me · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rusdantic▲5

   A unified, high-performance data validation and serialization framework for Rust, inspired by Pydantic's ergonomics and powered by Serde.

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Rocket▲5

   Web Framework for Rust

   2016 · rocket.rs · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Encrusted – A Zork Interpreter Written in Rust / WebAssembly▲6

   2018 · sterlingdemille.com · its alternatives →

10. 10TM
    The most simple web framework for Rust v0.5▲7

    New Graphul version v0.5.0 Enjoy building webservices with Rust :)

    2023 · graphul-rs.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    A REPL for practising bitwise operations, written in Rust▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Torchbear – fast, safe, simple, and complete(R) Rust scripting engine▲6

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13RV
    Rust vs. Go – What are your thoughts?▲10

    I personally haven't event used or looked at Rust so I don't have an opinion. So now I'm interested hearing what others think? I think the syntax of Rust isn't very appealing, but that's not a good reason to /not/ look at it. Convince me? :)

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14TC
    The C++ Iceberg▲7

    2022 · fouronnes.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    A Search Engine for Rust▲8

    A search engine for Rust

    2024 · query.rs · its alternatives →

16. 16T2
    Therac-25 Control Program Rewritten in Rust▲6

    2022 · dpaste.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Stencil▲9

    A Compiler for Web Components

    2017 · stenciljs.com · its alternatives →

18. 18LW
    Letlang, written in Rust, targeting Rust, now has a specification▲8

    2024 · david-delassus.medium.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    I Made a Raft Implementation and CLI Visualization in Rust▲7

    The lightest distributed consensus library. Run your own replicated state machine! ❤️ - andreev-io/little-raft

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A formally verified native Delta Lake implementation in Rust▲8

    A native Rust library for Delta Lake, with bindings into Python - delta-io/delta-rs

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21WW
    Wasienv – WebAssembly WASI Development Toolchain for C/C++▲8

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    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 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Shisho, a lightweight code matching and transformation engine in Rust▲5

    Lightweight static analyzer for several programming languages - flatt-security/shisho

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SSVM – Speed up your Node.js apps with Rust and WebAssembly▲7

    2020 · secondstate.io · its alternatives →

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