Rust-powered fast codegen tools for full stack Dart

Rust + Dart = dust.

Generate models, JSON, validation, clients, routes, state, i18n, and database code from one fast Rust engine. Use only what you need.

Install GitHub
Rust
engine
Dart
and Flutter
MIT
licensed

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downloading https://github.com/y3l1n4ung/dust/releases/latest/download/dust-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

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installed dust -> ~/.local/bin/dust

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01 / Install

$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/y3l1n4ung/dust/main/install.sh | bash

02 / Capabilities

01

Data classes

Inspired by Rust derive. Generate equality, copyWith, toString, and model helpers.

Read the guide ↗
02

JSON

Inspired by Serde. Generate JSON mapping with aliases, codecs, strict keys, and nested models.

Read the guide ↗
03

Validation

Inspired by Validate. Put field rules on the model and get path-aware errors back.

Read the guide ↗
04

HTTP clients

Inspired by Retrofit. Define a typed API interface and generate the request client.

Read the guide ↗
05

Routing

Built for Flutter. Generate typed params, guards, shell routes, and result helpers.

Read the guide ↗
06

State

Built for Flutter. Generate ViewModel args, state, and watch/read access.

Read the guide ↗
07

i18n

Generate typed translation accessors from keys and default text in code.

Read the guide ↗
08

dust_server

Coming soon. A shelf-based Dart server with an Axum-inspired design.

Coming soon
09

Database

Inspired by SQLx. Check SQL during generation and map rows to Dart types.

Read the guide ↗

03 / Workflow

  1. 01

    Annotate

    Add dust annotations to the Dart code you already own.

    @Derive(Serde()) class Article with _$Article {}
  2. 02

    Generate

    Run dust build. The Rust engine writes the generated Dart.

    $ dust build
  3. 03

    Use

    Call the generated helpers from normal Dart and Flutter code.

    Article.fromJson(json)