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rex
Rust2025–2025
rex-rs / rex

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Rex is a safe and usable kernel extension framework that allows loading and executing Rust kernel extension programs in the place of eBPF.

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What to know before exploring

What it is

Rex is a safe and usable kernel extension framework that allows loading and executing Rust kernel extension programs in the place of eBPF.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 11:34:28 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-07-11 23:47:32 UTC to 2025-12-28 06:46:17 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 72025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 292025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsDec 22

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 72025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 142025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 212025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 282025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 42025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 112025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 182025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 252025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 12025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 82025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 152025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 222025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 292025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 62025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 132025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 202025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 272025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 32025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 102025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 172025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 242025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 12025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 82025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 152025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 222025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC211

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