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smol-rs

A small and fast async runtime for Rust

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 4.4k 168

  2. async-channel async-channel Public

    Async multi-producer multi-consumer channel

    Rust 884 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 72

  5. polling polling Public

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

    Rust 654 77

  6. async-task async-task Public

    Task abstraction for building executors

    Rust 477 47

Repositories

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  • concurrent-queue Public

    Concurrent multi-producer multi-consumer queue

    smol-rs/concurrent-queue’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 284 Apache-2.0 25 3 1 Updated Jul 26, 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 1 Updated Jul 26, 2025
  • async-executor Public

    Async executor

    smol-rs/async-executor’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 383 Apache-2.0 49 9 (2 issues need help) 3 Updated Jul 26, 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 1 Updated Jul 26, 2025
  • async-io Public

    Async I/O and timers

    smol-rs/async-io’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 534 Apache-2.0 72 12 3 Updated Jul 26, 2025
  • 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 1 Updated Jul 26, 2025
  • smol Public

    A small and fast async runtime for Rust

    smol-rs/smol’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 4,365 Apache-2.0 168 17 (1 issue needs help) 3 Updated Jul 21, 2025
  • polling Public

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

    smol-rs/polling’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 654 Apache-2.0 77 17 (3 issues need help) 4 Updated Jul 20, 2025
  • async-process Public

    Async interface for working with processes

    smol-rs/async-process’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 199 Apache-2.0 31 5 3 Updated Jul 20, 2025
  • async-signal Public

    Asynchronous signal handling

    smol-rs/async-signal’s past year of commit activity
    Rust 20 Apache-2.0 5 1 0 Updated Jul 20, 2025

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