🦀 100 Rust Projects Challenge

A collection of 100 Rust projects — from beginner fundamentals to backend systems and async programming. Built in public as part of the #100RustProjects challenge.

If you're learning Rust and looking for project ideas, this repo is for you. Browse the projects, read the notes, and build something.

What's Inside

100 small-to-medium Rust projects covering:

• Rust fundamentals: ownership, lifetimes, error handling
• CLI tools and utilities
• Web servers and REST APIs
• Async programming with Tokio
• File and data handling
• Systems programming patterns
• WebAssembly (WASM)
• Crates: tokio, serde, clap, actix, and more

Each project lives in its own folder with code and notes explaining the concept and implementation.

Quick Links

• Progress Tracker
• Daily Notes
• Project Code
• Glossary

Project Structure

Each project follows this folder structure:

100-rust-projects/
├── README.md
├── progress.md ← Project log and status tracker
├── notes/ ← Daily reflections, learnings, and resources
│ ├── project_001_hello_world.md
│ ├── project_002_guessing_game.md
│ └── ...
├── projects/ ← Code for each project
│ ├── project_001_hello_world/
│ ├── project_002_guessing_game/
│ └── ...

For Beginners

Not sure where to start? Check the Progress Tracker for the full project list ordered by complexity — start from project 001 and work your way up, or jump to any topic that interests you.

A Note on These Projects

The projects in this repo are starting points, not finished products. They are intentionally kept simple so the core concept is clear. Feel free to:

• Improve on them
• Add new features
• Refactor the code
• Use them as inspiration for your own projects

If you build something cool based on any of these, I would love to see it, open an issue, or tag me on X.

Support This Repo

If this repo has been useful to you, consider giving it a ⭐. It helps more Rust beginners find it.

Contributing

Found an error or want to suggest a project idea?
Open an issue or reach out on X @emmaglorypraise

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