# FeralFirmware/TailTalk

> 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.

- Magnitude: 0.1 out of 10 — Quiet
- Stars: 97 total · +0 stars on 2026-09-29 (UTC)
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: DevOps & infrastructure · Language: Rust · License: GPL-3.0 · Created: 2026-02-27 · Last push: 2026-09-25
- GitHub: https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/FeralFirmware/TailTalk

## 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

## Why it’s here

- Hacker News: “TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio” — 78 points, 17 days ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 4
- Issues and pull requests: 79
- Watchers: 5
- Average over the last week: 0 per day
- Usual pace: 2 per day
- Latest release: 0.11.0 (2026-09-02)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-30 … 2026-10-29: None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None

## Magnitude by day, last 14 days

09-16 1.2, 09-17 1.0, 09-18 1.0, 09-19 0.8, 09-20 0.8, 09-21 0.6, 09-22 0.3, 09-23 0.2, 09-24 0.2, 09-25 0.2, 09-26 0.1, 09-27 0.5, 09-28 0.7, 09-29 0.1

## Hacker News

- TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio — 78 points, 15 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678423

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Data as of 2026-09-29 23:45 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.