Feature Abstractions/

Crates that abstract a given features across multiple platforms, such as using OS services, accessing device-local peripherals, etc.

Serial IO

  • serial2 crates.io
    Cross platform serial ports
    com-port rs232 serial serial-port tty
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    2 weeks ago (published 4y ago) ~837,000 (658,000 recent) BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs
  • serialport crates.io
    A cross-platform low-level serial port library.
    hardware rs232 serial system
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    6 weeks ago (published 9y ago) ~8,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) MPL-2.0 1.59.0
    repo docs
  • ferrous-serialport crates.io
    A cross-platform low-level serial port library
    hardware rs232 serial system
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    4 years ago (published 4y ago) ~3,000 (303 recent) MPL-2.0 --
    repo docs
  • serialport5 crates.io
    A cross-platform low-level serial port library
    hardware rs232 serial system
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.6 years ago (published 1.7y ago) ~7,000 (978 recent) MPL-2.0 --
    repo docs

URI opening

  • robius-open crates.io
    Rust abstractions for opening URIs on multiple platforms
    intent open robius uri url
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.9 years ago (published 1.4y ago) ~11,000 (2,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
    Org:

File picker

  • blessed
    rfd (Rusty File Dialog) crates.io
    Support for opening file pickers/dialog boxes on Desktop and web
    dialog file ui
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    12 weeks ago (published 5y ago) ~8,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
  • tinyfiledialogs crates.io
    High-level Rust binding for the tinyfiledialogs C library.
    dialog ui unix windows
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    4 years ago (published 9y ago) ~1,000,000 (35,000 recent) zlib-acknowledgement --
    repo docs

Geolocation

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Drag and Drop

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  • drag crates.io
    Start a drag-and-drop operation out of a window
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.6 years ago (published 1.9y ago) ~23,000 (7,000 recent) Apache-2.0 OR MIT --
    docs

Bluetooth

  • btleplug crates.io
    A Cross-Platform Rust Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) GATT library.
    ble bluetooth bluez corebluetooth uwp
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    24 weeks ago (published 6y ago) ~828,000 (67,000 recent) MIT/Apache-2.0/BSD-3-Clause --
    repo docs
  • bluer crates.io
    BlueR: official Rust interface to the Linux Bluetooth protocol stack (BlueZ)
    bluetooth gatt l2cap mesh rfcomm
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    17 weeks ago (published 4y ago) ~1,000,000 (206,000 recent) BSD-2-Clause 1.75
    repo docs

Local storage

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Subprocessing

  • process-lib crates.io
    Cross-platform, asynchronous Rust library to run commands in pipelines
    async command cross-platform pipeline process
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.9 years ago (published 2y ago) ~20,000 (2,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs

Notifications

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Webcam

  • nokhwa crates.io
    A Simple-to-use, cross-platform Rust Webcam Capture Library
    camera capture cross-platform webcam
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    13 weeks ago (published 4y ago) ~130,000 (33,000 recent) Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs

Sensors

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Authentication

  • robius-authentication crates.io
    Rust abstractions for multi-platform native authentication: biometrics, fingerprint, password, TouchID, FaceID, Windows Hello, etc.
    authentication biometric fingerprint password robius
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.9 years ago (published 1.3y ago) ~4,000 (830 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
    Org:
  • keyring crates.io
    Cross-platform library for managing passwords/credentials
    credential cross-platform keychain keyring password
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    10 weeks ago (published 10y ago) ~4,000,000 (945,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.75
    repo docs

Audio/

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  • cpal crates.io
    Cross-platform Rust library for low-level audio I/O
    audio sound
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    17 weeks ago (published 11y ago) ~8,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) Apache-2.0 1.70
    repo docs
  • wavy crates.io
    Asynchronous cross-platform real-time audio recording & playback.
    audio cross-platform play realtime record
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    5 years ago (published 7y ago) ~27,000 (2,000 recent) Apache-2.0 OR MIT OR BSL-1.0 --
    repo docs

System speaker

  • actually_beep crates.io
    A cross platform library to provides easy to use beep functions that actually beep
    audio beep sound
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.3 years ago (published 1.3y ago) ~4,000 (1,000 recent) Apache-2.0 1.70.0
    repo docs

Clipboard

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Dialogs

  • xdialog crates.io
    A small native-ish cross platform dialogs library with zero runtime dependencies.
    cross-platform dialog message-box messagebox
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.2 years ago (published 1.2y ago) ~3,000 (352 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
    Used by:

Font loading

  • font-kit crates.io
    A cross-platform font loading library
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    19 weeks ago (published 7y ago) ~6,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.77
    repo docs

Networking

  • static-web-server crates.io
    A cross-platform, high-performance and asynchronous web server for static files-serving.
    file-server http-server static-web-server
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    4 weeks ago (published 2y ago) ~41,000 (6,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.82.0
    repo docs
  • listeners crates.io
    Cross-platform library to find out processes listening on network sockets
    listen pid port process socket
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    9 weeks ago (published 1.6y ago) ~117,000 (12,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
  • cross-websocket crates.io
    A cross platform websocket client
    cross-platform native wasm websocket
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    4 years ago (published 4y ago) ~5,000 (593 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs

Package management

  • velopack crates.io
    Installer and automatic update framework for cross-platform desktop applications
    automatic-updates install squirrel update velopack
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1 week ago (published 1.7y ago) ~56,000 (9,000 recent) MIT 1.75
    repo docs
    Uses:

Screen capture

  • mirror-capture crates.io
    A cross-platform screen casting library implemented by Rust.
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.9 years ago (published 0.9y ago) ~927 (181 recent) LGPL-2.1-only --
    repo docs
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    hylarana crates.io
    A cross-platform screen casting library implemented by Rust.
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.7 years ago (published 0.9y ago) ~5,000 (950 recent) LGPL-2.1-only --
    repo docs