The most active Rust repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Rust repository on GitHub is farion1231/cc-switch (125.9k stars). The top 10 Rust repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 919.9k combined stars, averaging 92.0k each, with 10 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 159 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 57% are in the United States.

What are the most active Rust repositories in August 2026?

Here is a look at the most active Rust repositories on GitHub this month, based on stars, forks, and recent commit activity.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	farion1231/cc-switch A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build ai-tools claude-code	⭐ 125,864	today
2	rustdesk/rustdesk An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer android anydesk	⭐ 119,942	today
3	rust-lang/rust Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. compiler language	⭐ 115,377 (+55)	today
4	tauri-apps/tauri Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend. desktop-app high-performance	⭐ 110,042 (+51)	today
5	zed-industries/zed Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators gpui rust-lang	⭐ 88,315	today

Which Rust repositories grew the most this month?

The Rust ecosystem saw some notable shifts this month:

• Hmbown/CodeWhale: +59 stars
• rust-lang/rust: +55 stars
• BurntSushi/ripgrep: +54 stars
• tauri-apps/tauri: +51 stars
• alacritty/alacritty: +25 stars

The biggest mover this month was Hmbown/CodeWhale, which gained 59 stars.

Which Rust repositories are growing fastest?

Beyond the leaders, these Rust projects are climbing quickest:

• Hmbown/CodeWhale +59 stars this month (40.6k total)
• BurntSushi/ripgrep +54 stars this month (67.1k total)
• alacritty/alacritty +25 stars this month (65.3k total)
• sharkdp/bat +25 stars this month (60.2k total)
• nushell/nushell +17 stars this month (40.2k total)

How active is the Rust ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Rust repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 919,919
• Average stars per repository: 91,991
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 10 out of 10

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Who builds the top Rust repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 217 contributors across these Rust repositories. Among the 159 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 57% (91)
• Germany: 13% (20)
• France: 11% (18)
• United Kingdom: 11% (17)
• Canada: 6% (10)
• Spain: 2% (3)

48% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

A few standouts across individual repositories:

• rust-lang/rust — 57% of rust-lang/rust's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• zed-industries/zed — 56% of zed-industries/zed's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• BurntSushi/ripgrep — 54% of BurntSushi/ripgrep's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.

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