FeralFirmware/TailTalk

A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust + Tokio

DevOps & infrastructureRust

3.2 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

An async userspace AppleTalk stack in Rust and Tokio for Linux, macOS and Windows over EtherTalk or LocalTalk. Lets you exchange files with vintage Macs, print to LaserWriters and write modern code for AppleTalk networks.

Useful for

Copy files between a modern machine and a vintage Mac over LocalTalk
Serve Stuff-It archives and floppy images to clients via the built-in AFP server
Print from a classic Mac to a modern printer through the IPP bridge

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

27 stars today. The usual pace is 0 per day, so that's 27× as much.
Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 0 per day.
Hacker News: “TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio” — 63 points, 1 day ago.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 84
Stars in a day: 27
Forks: 4
Issues and pull requests: 73
Watchers: 3
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: 0.11.0 · September 2, 2026
Created: February 27, 2026
Last push: September 13, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio63 points, September 12, 2026

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September 13, 2026Spotted on Hacker News

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