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24 alternatives to Rust 1.1

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

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rust 1.1 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Rust 1.0▲6
A high-level, safe and concurrent alternative to C++
2015 · rust-lang.org · its alternatives →
2
A REPL for practising bitwise operations, written in Rust▲5
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Encrusted – A Zork Interpreter Written in Rust / WebAssembly▲6
2018 · sterlingdemille.com · its alternatives →
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Maelstrom – A Hermetic, Clustered Test Runner for Rust (and It's Fast)▲6
2024 · maelstrom-software.com · its alternatives →
5
Realsense-Rust – Streaming Intel RealSense from Rust▲9
High-level RealSense library in Rust
2021 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
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The C++ Iceberg▲7
2022 · fouronnes.github.io · its alternatives →
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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 →
8AP
A Python Web Framework with Rust Runtime▲5
2022 · sanskar.me · its alternatives →
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GameLisp, a scripting language for Rust game development▲5
2020 · gamelisp.rs · its alternatives →
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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 →
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X – A programming language with switchable memory modes▲5
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Wasienv – WebAssembly WASI Development Toolchain for C/C++▲8
2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →
13CO
Coast on Clojure: A full stack framework with a catchy name▲8
2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8
2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →
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Hello-world.rs, a memory-safe minimal hello world with 774 dependencies▲7
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
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 →
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Choral, a Java-compatible language for type-safe multiparty protocols▲7
2020 · choral-lang.org · its alternatives →
18
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 →
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Stencil▲9
A Compiler for Web Components
2017 · stenciljs.com · its alternatives →
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Fallen: A simpler daemon library for Ruby processes.▲6
2012 · inkel.github.com · its alternatives →
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Jsong: faster than light streaming JSON parser and writer in C▲9
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Torchbear – fast, safe, simple, and complete(R) Rust scripting engine▲6
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SaiphC: make C easier to learn by reporting all runtime memory errors▲5
2021 · cee.studio · its alternatives →
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Scar – A programming language for easy concurrency and parallelism▲7
2025 · scarlang.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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