openai / codex

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

t8y2 / dbx

Cross-platform database client supporting 100+ databases, with desktop, Docker, CLI, a built-in AI assistant, and an MCP server.

storytold / lightcraft

LightCraft: An open-source non-destructive photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

crmne / spotifast

Spotify, native and fast. One lightweight Rust app for your whole library, local playback, and Spotify Connect on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

xingkongliang / skills-manager

Desktop app that manages, syncs, and organizes AI agent skills across many coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.

yapfast / yapfast

The chat app that doesn't eat your PC. A lightweight, native Discord client in Rust.

sharkdp / bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

michaelshimeles / bible-rs

A very fast native Bible reader for the Mac, written in Rust: typeset Scripture, instant search, highlights, notes, bookmarks. Public-domain translations built in; bring your own licensed ones.

MG1937 / rust_ASC

Rust ASC is a super FAST and lightweight Android decompiler designed for Agents/Mobile Researchers.

leekt / skim

Application-specific Ethereum state client: sync (and archive) only the state your app needs, straight from P2P. BAL-driven, verified, local eth_call in ms.

tw93 / Pake

Turn any website into a lightweight desktop app with one command, on macOS, Windows and Linux.

Chunyu33 / light-c

A free, minimalist, lightweight, and high-performance C-drive cleanup tool.

lapce / lapce

Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust

servo / servo

Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

clockworklabs / SpacetimeDB

Development at the speed of light

kata-containers / kata-containers

Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/

flectar / mail

Built from the ground up for speed. Flectar Mail delivers native performance, instant startup, and as little as 80 MB of RAM.

unhappychoice / gitlogue

A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.

owu / wsl-dashboard

A GUI manager for WSL featuring a modern UI — a lightweight, low‑memory, high‑performance dashboard to manage WSL instances. Install, list, start, stop, unregister, and configure your WSL distros​ from one place.

smg-project / smg

Engine-agnostic LLM gateway in Rust. Full OpenAI & Anthropic API compatibility across vLLM, TRT-LLM, TokenSpeed, SGLang, OpenAI, Gemini & more. Industry-first gRPC pipeline, KV cache-aware routing, chat history, tokenization caching, Responses API, embeddings, WASM plugins, MCP, and multi-tenant auth.

apexdesk / apexdesk

ApexDesk: a light, fast and full office suite for Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android.

artcraft-android / lightcraft-android

An open-source, reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in Rust while using Kotlin as the UI framework.

valeriansaliou / sonic

🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM.

wasmerio / wasmer

🚀 Fast and lightweight sandboxes for your apps and AI agents

bytecodealliance / wasmtime

A lightweight WebAssembly runtime that is fast, secure, and standards-compliant

muxy-app / muxy

Lightweight and Memory efficient terminal multiplexer

rustmailer / bichon

Bichon – A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI

OlaProeis / Ferrite

A fast, lightweight text editor for Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML files. Built with Rust and egui for a native, responsive experience.

pch / rawmakase

📸 Free, fast, Lightroom-compatible RAW photo editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

MystikoLab / rustcast

An open source alternative to raycast, in rust!! (retired)

Xoshbin / asyar

The power of Raycast. The speed of Alfred. Privacy by design.

rustrak / rustrak

Ultra-lightweight error tracking server compatible with Sentry SDKs

brcly / linuwux-runtime

A lightweight Rust compatibility runtime for Windows games running through Wine and Proton on Linux.

ShayanAbbas1 / dbdelve

Fast and lightweight DB Client made in Rust and GPUI.

LightforgeProject / lightforge

Linux Native World of Warcraft / Battle.net Launcher

meilisearch / meilisearch

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

dandavison / delta

A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output

awslabs / llrt

LLRT (Low Latency Runtime) is an experimental, lightweight JavaScript runtime designed to address the growing demand for fast and efficient Serverless applications.

AtalayaLabs / OxiCloud

☁️ Ultra-fast, secure & lightweight self-hosted cloud storage — your files, photos, calendars & contacts, all in one place. Built in Rust.

oxidecomputer / hubris

A lightweight, memory-protected, message-passing kernel for deeply embedded systems.

KtzeAbyss / Easy-Virtual-Display

Effortlessly create virtual displays in Windows, capable of supporting various resolutions and refresh rates, suitable for remote control or graphics card spoofing.在win中轻松创建支持多种分辨率和刷新率的虚拟显示器，可用于远程控制或显卡欺骗。

yituorou / meatshell

一个轻量级、低内存占用的 SSH / 终端客户端（A lightweight, low-memory SSH / terminal client）

orbien-org / orbien

A lightweight high-performance tunneling tool (~5 MB binary) for exposing local services to the public internet. Supports multiple transport and application protocols, with a pure-Rust cross-platform desktop client and server web UI.

neon-mmd / websurfx

:rocket: An open source alternative to searx which provides a modern-looking :sparkles:, lightning-fast :zap:, privacy respecting :disguised_face:, secure :lock: meta search engine

fastcrw / crw

Fast, lightweight Firecrawl/Tavily alternative in Rust. Web scraper, crawler & search API with MCP server for AI agents. Drop-in Firecrawl-compatible API (/scrape, /crawl, /search). 2.3x faster than Tavily, 1.5x faster than Firecrawl in 1K-URL benchmarks. 6 MB RAM, single binary. Self-host or use managed cloud.

nostacks / ekphos

A lightweight, fast, terminal-based markdown research tool inspired by Obsidian

rust-glancer / rust-glancer

Lightweight Rust LSP optimized for low memory usage

smarzban / herdr-file-viewer

A git-aware, read-only file viewer for herdr. Mouse friendly, keyboard-driven TUI: tree + content pane with diffs, rendered markdown, and syntax highlighting.

multikernel / sandlock

The lightest AI sandbox. A process-based sandbox for Linux, no container, no VM, no privilege, no prompt injection

newdee / magpie

Spotlight-style local search for everything you saved and forgot: GitHub stars, local files, images, and bookmarks. Privacy-first, no full-disk scanning, fully on-device.

ghuntley / preflight

A local proxy that scans LLM requests and attachments for secrets before they reach the model.

openhausfun / lightcraft

Independent source snapshot of LightCraft, based on storytold/lightcraft. MIT / Apache-2.0; original attribution retained.

rudy-io / moli-os

Agent-native, ultra-light home automation in Rust · Domotique ultra-légère pensée pour les agents

UnderwaterOverground / tailscale-nx

Tailscale for the Nintendo Switch: an Atmosphère sysmodule that puts homebrew (like Moonlight) on your tailnet

froggy744 / PIC

PIC — Personal Image Catalogue. Miss Picasa or classic iPhoto? PIC brings that familiar photo-library experience to Linux. A free, open-source photo manager and editor built with Rust, GTK4 & libadwaita. Fast, lightweight and inspired by the classics. Not affiliated with Google or Apple.

Atlas-Inf / atlas

Atlas Inference is a dependency free lightweight inference engine meant to run LLMs on YOUR compute seamlessly. Supports GB10 and Strix Halo at the moment, hoping to expand to more!

KaykCaputo / hermes-browser

Hermes is a desktop browser that combines the memory safety of Rust, the parallel architecture of the Servo Web Engine, and a lightweight native interface built with Slint.

murongg / Tervia

A native terminal workspace for AI coding, with integrated Git, lightweight editing, and multi-project management.

bensadeh / tailspin

🌀 A log file highlighter

parcel-bundler / lightningcss

An extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier written in Rust.