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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 4.8k 184

  2. async-channel async-channel Public

    Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

    Rust 937 55

  3. blocking blocking Public

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

    Rust 380 23

  4. async-io async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    Rust 595 79

  5. polling polling Public

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

    Rust 734 86

  6. async-task async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    Rust 587 58

Repositories

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  • async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    smol-rs/async-task’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 587 Apache-2.0 58 11 7 Updated Apr 15, 2026
  • fastrand Public

    A simple and fast random number generator

    smol-rs/fastrand’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 577 Apache-2.0 52 7 4 Updated Apr 13, 2026
  • async-signal Public

    Asynchronous signal handling

    smol-rs/async-signal’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 25 Apache-2.0 8 1 0 Updated Apr 13, 2026
  • async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    smol-rs/async-io’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 595 Apache-2.0 79 13 5 Updated Mar 27, 2026
  • smol Public

    A small and fast async runtime for Rust

    smol-rs/smol’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 4,844 Apache-2.0 184 19 (1 issue needs help) 1 Updated Mar 23, 2026
  • smol-macros Public

    Macros for using smol-rs

    smol-rs/smol-macros’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 16 Apache-2.0 4 3 0 Updated Mar 2, 2026
  • piper Public

    An asynchronous single-consumer single-producer pipe for bytes

    smol-rs/piper’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 15 Apache-2.0 6 2 0 Updated Feb 28, 2026
  • async-executor Public

    Async executor

    smol-rs/async-executor’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 442 Apache-2.0 52 12 (2 issues need help) 5 Updated Feb 18, 2026
  • atomic-waker Public

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

    smol-rs/atomic-waker’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 40 Apache-2.0 15 1 1 Updated Feb 15, 2026
  • async-fs Public

    Async filesystem primitives

    smol-rs/async-fs’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 147 Apache-2.0 14 5 3 Updated Feb 15, 2026
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Top languages

Rust

Most used topics

rust async