Rust LLM Chatbots LLM Tools

Desktop and web chat applications built in Rust that run LLMs locally or connect to LLM APIs, with native UI frameworks (Tauri, Leptos, Slint). Does NOT include chatbots for specific platforms (Discord, Telegram, Slack), mobile apps, or general LLM frameworks without chat interfaces.

There are 42 rust llm chatbots tools tracked. 2 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is dtnewman/zev at 53/100 with 710 stars.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	dtnewman/zev A simple CLI tool to help you remember terminal commands	53	Established	710	Python
2	hecrj/icebreaker A local AI chat app powered by 🦀 Rust, 🧊 iced, 🤗 Hugging Face, and 🦙 llama.cpp	53	Established	413	Rust
3	adammpkins/llama-terminal-completion AI terminal assistant for any OpenAI-compatible API. Features interactive...	42	Emerging	190	Go
4	milosgajdos/bot-banter Go vs Rust AI bot voice conversation	41	Emerging	28	Rust
5	dustinblackman/oatmeal Terminal UI to chat with large language models (LLM) using different model...	40	Emerging	753	Rust
6	Asutorufa/hujiang_dictionary 日本語辞書 by Rust, support Telegram bot, AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers....	39	Emerging	69	Rust
7	oxide-lab/Oxide-Lab Modern desktop application (Rust + Tauri v2 + Svelte 5 + Candle (HF)) for...	39	Emerging	104	Rust
8	danielclough/fireside-chat An LLM interface (chat bot) implemented in pure Rust using...	37	Emerging	141	Rust
9	huytd/txtask Ask Ollama about your local text files	35	Emerging	38	Rust
10	Sollimann/chatty-llama A fullstack Rust + React chat app using open-source Llama language models	34	Emerging	33	Rust
11	CodersCreative/ollama-chat-iced A GUI made using iced and rust that allows you to talk to an Ollama AI.	33	Emerging	13	Rust
12	heng30/flymoon This is a large language model chat client built with Rust and Slint GUI,...	33	Emerging	14	Slint
13	kb10uy/llm-natsuki-bot Rust 製 LLM チャットボット/アシスタント	31	Emerging	12	Rust
14	jorbush/rusty-ai-chat Rusty AI Chat is a Rust-based project that offers a chat experience by...	31	Emerging	2	Rust
15	di-zed/tg-ai-companion Telegram AI Companion (Rust + LocalAI)	30	Emerging	7	Rust
16	matdombrock/sllm A command line interface for the OpenAI LLMs.	29	Experimental	40	JavaScript
17	bitplane/uh-halp Command line help from an LLM of your choice	29	Experimental	19	Python
18	develatter/rusty_bot A chatbot made with Rust, using Dioxus as a fullstack framework and Kalosm...	28	Experimental	12	Rust
19	KPCOFGS/RustyChat RustyChat - A lightweight desktop chat UI for Ollama models, built with...	28	Experimental	4	Rust
20	astrum-chat/astrum Local-first AI chat app.	25	Experimental	8	Rust
21	porkbrain/ajeto LLM personal assistant	25	Experimental	8	Rust
22	polina4096/Ballad LLMs play balatro	24	Experimental	3	Rust
23	Smalls1652/localllm-chat A stupid way to run Open WebUI locally. (Mirror)	21	Experimental	—	Rust
24	MedAouadhi/Polybot A simple bot server to run in your home network with super easy command...	19	Experimental	3	Rust
25	Doc-Base/tauri-v1_llm_rag_knowledge_base Tauri v1 Knowledge Base for LLMs RAG.	19	Experimental	4	Shell
26	chenhunghan/chat-templates Simple chat templates parser/generator for prompting LLM	19	Experimental	1	Rust
27	AnesBenmerzoug/pincer-chat PincerChat, a desktop GUI for interacting with local LLMs served with Ollama	18	Experimental	2	Rust
28	alcolmenar/tauri-llama Rust LLM Chatbot Desktop Application	18	Experimental	2	Rust
29	derekified/krabby_ai A rust-based command-line AI chatbot	17	Experimental	1	Rust
30	udayj/cash-tracker Telegram & NLP Based Cash Accounting	17	Experimental	—	Rust
31	sebastian9991/RustyChatBot A chatbot built with RUSTFormers, quantized opensource LLM from hugging face...	17	Experimental	1	CSS
32	goshtasb/OmniGlass AI that acts on your screen, not just reads it. Snip → execute. MCP plugins,...	16	Experimental	4	Rust
33	meschbach/marvin Marvin: Your local CLI or Slack bot friend.	16	Experimental	1	Go
34	mendhak/llm-cli-helper CLI helper tool to lookup commands based on a description	13	Experimental	9	Python
35	AlphsX/Rusty 🦀 Blazing-fast, memory-safe AI chatbot for your terminal • Built with Rust...	13	Experimental	—	Rust
36	zaripov-jasurbek/schet_go finance assistant with AI(Telegram bot)	13	Experimental	—	Rust
37	ckampfe/ochat A really simple personal notebook interface to Ollama.	13	Experimental	—	Rust
38	mv3n0m/llm-chatbot-rs A ChatGPT clone based on an open-source LLM model, meant to be run locally...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
39	Quiirex/llama-chatbot LLM Chatbot	11	Experimental	—	Rust
40	Bbeierle12/Rust-Tonken Native desktop Ollama chat client with session history, search, and export —...	11	Experimental	—	Rust
41	sebszyller/tui-llm-chat-rs TUI-based LLM chat in rust	11	Experimental	—	Rust
42	hoffmannmatheus/zed A command line assistant based on LLMs	11	Experimental	—	Python

Comparisons in this category

icebreaker and fireside-chat (53 vs 37) icebreaker and chatty-llama (53 vs 34) icebreaker and ollama-chat-iced (53 vs 33) icebreaker and rusty-ai-chat (53 vs 31) rusty-ai-chat and RustyChat (31 vs 28)