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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 4.7k 180

  2. async-channel async-channel Public

    Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

    Rust 925 56

  3. blocking blocking Public

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

    Rust 373 23

  4. async-io async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    Rust 565 79

  5. polling polling Public

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

    Rust 699 82

  6. async-task async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    Rust 539 55

Repositories

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  • async-compat Public

    Compatibility adapter between tokio and futures

    smol-rs/async-compat’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 187 Apache-2.0 16 4 4 Updated Jan 5, 2026
  • polling Public

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

    smol-rs/polling’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 699 Apache-2.0 82 20 (3 issues need help) 7 Updated Jan 4, 2026
  • futures-lite Public

    Futures, streams, and async I/O combinators.

    smol-rs/futures-lite’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 530 Apache-2.0 36 14 3 Updated Dec 29, 2025
  • smol Public

    A small and fast async runtime for Rust

    smol-rs/smol’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 4,683 Apache-2.0 180 16 (1 issue needs help) 4 Updated Dec 29, 2025
  • async-signal Public

    Asynchronous signal handling

    smol-rs/async-signal’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 24 Apache-2.0 7 1 1 Updated Dec 29, 2025
  • async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    smol-rs/async-io’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 565 Apache-2.0 79 12 4 Updated Dec 29, 2025
  • async-lock Public

    Async synchronization primitives

    smol-rs/async-lock’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 279 Apache-2.0 36 6 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Dec 21, 2025
  • fastrand Public

    A simple and fast random number generator

    smol-rs/fastrand’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 549 Apache-2.0 49 7 4 Updated Dec 17, 2025
  • async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    smol-rs/async-task’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 539 Apache-2.0 55 9 5 Updated Dec 15, 2025
  • async-executor Public

    Async executor

    smol-rs/async-executor’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 423 Apache-2.0 53 11 (2 issues need help) 5 Updated Dec 5, 2025
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Top languages

Rust

Most used topics

rust async