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smol-rs

A small and fast async runtime for Rust
README.md

Welcome to smol-rs!

smol is a small and fast async runtime written in Rust. It prioritizes easily readable code, robust implementations and efficient algorithms.

If you'd like to start with smol, consider reading through the examples.

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  1. smol smol Public

    A small and fast async runtime for Rust

    Rust 4.3k 168

  2. async-channel async-channel Public

    Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

    Rust 879 52

  3. blocking blocking Public

    A thread pool for isolating blocking I/O in async programs

    Rust 361 22

  4. async-io async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    Rust 534 73

  5. polling polling Public

    Portable interface to epoll, kqueue, event ports, and wepoll

    Rust 652 77

  6. async-task async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    Rust 477 47

Repositories

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  • atomic-waker Public

    futures::task::AtomicWaker extracted into its own crate

    smol-rs/atomic-waker’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 28 Apache-2.0 13 1 3 Updated Jul 10, 2025
  • blocking Public

    A thread pool for isolating blocking I/O in async programs

    smol-rs/blocking’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 361 Apache-2.0 22 4 0 Updated Jul 9, 2025
  • fastrand Public

    A simple and fast random number generator

    smol-rs/fastrand’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 514 Apache-2.0 45 7 4 Updated Jul 8, 2025
  • polling Public

    Portable interface to epoll, kqueue, event ports, and wepoll

    smol-rs/polling’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 652 Apache-2.0 77 17 (3 issues need help) 9 Updated Jul 7, 2025
  • async-executor Public

    Async executor

    smol-rs/async-executor’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 381 Apache-2.0 48 9 (2 issues need help) 3 Updated Jul 6, 2025
  • event-listener-strategy Public

    A wrapper around event-listener to handle dual blocking/async use cases

    smol-rs/event-listener-strategy’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 8 Apache-2.0 6 1 0 Updated Jul 6, 2025
  • async-channel Public

    Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

    smol-rs/async-channel’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 879 Apache-2.0 52 12 1 Updated Jul 6, 2025
  • fastrand-contrib Public

    Extension functionality for the fastrand crate

    smol-rs/fastrand-contrib’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 7 Apache-2.0 3 0 0 Updated Jul 6, 2025
  • event-listener Public

    Notify async tasks or threads

    smol-rs/event-listener’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 477 Apache-2.0 34 3 2 Updated Jul 6, 2025
  • piper Public

    An asynchronous single-consumer single-producer pipe for bytes

    smol-rs/piper’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 9 Apache-2.0 4 1 2 Updated Jul 3, 2025
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Top languages

Rust

Most used topics

rust async