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    FuelLabs/sway

    #540 this week

    🌴 Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient smart contracts.

    backend
    compiler
    fuel
    language
    sway
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    61.4K stars
    5.4K forks
    61.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #126 among Backend repositories tracked this week, and #125 over the last 30 days; #540 of 1,950 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 28%).

    2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 36 days ago, with 151 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Empowers developers to build reliable and efficient smart contracts using a Rust-inspired language for the Fuel blockchain.
    • Offers modern language features and performance tailored specifically for blockchain smart contract development.
    • Use for creating high-performance, type-safe smart contracts on the Fuel blockchain with a familiar Rust-like syntax.
    • Use for blockchain developers seeking a specialized compiler and toolchain to optimize contract execution and gas usage.
    • Use for contributors interested in extending or customizing a blockchain-focused programming language and its toolchain.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    Sway is a language developed for the Fuel blockchain. It is heavily inspired by Rust and aims to bring modern language development and performance to the blockchain ecosystem.

    For user documentation, including installing release builds, see the Sway Book: https://fuellabs.github.io/sway/latest/.

    For Sway Standard library documentation, see: https://fuellabs.github.io/sway/master/std/

    Also view the technical reference for the Sway programming language: https://fuellabs.github.io/sway/master/reference/

    This section is for developing the Sway compiler and toolchain. For developing contracts and using Sway, see the above documentation section.

    Excerpt from the FuelLabs/sway README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). Β© its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    5.4K-21

    Open issues

    950+32

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