Alternatives to maturin
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. maturin itself: install maturin.
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
cbindgen
A project for generating C bindings from Rust code
apko
Build OCI images from APK packages directly without Dockerfile
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
BuildSettingExtractor
Extracts the build settings of an Xcode project into xcconfig build configuration files
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
pyenv
Simple Python version management
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
poetry
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
pipenv
Python Development Workflow for Humans
mypy
Optional static typing for Python
pybind11
Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
pyright
Static Type Checker for Python
py-spy
Sampling profiler for Python programs
pipx
Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments
gitoxide
An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
pyenv-virtualenv
a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than maturin — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
maturin is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.