Source: https://seerepo.com/r/zellij-org/zellij/built
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/r/zellij-org/zellij/built.md
Description: zellij is a Rust repo built with axum, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, and 1 more. It stores its data in SQLite.

# What is zellij built with?

zellij is a Rust repo built with axum, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, and 1 more. It stores its data in SQLite, makes its content with kdl and png, is tested with insta, deploys with log, and uses rusqlite. It has 612,599 written lines, with 191 test files.

Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 43c8710.

Repository: https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij

## Frontend

### Styles

- **swash**: 9 files
- **fontdb**: 1 file

### Interface

- **[winit](https://seerepo.com/uses/winit)**: 28 files
- **glow**: 6 files
- **glutin**: 5 files
- **[crossterm](https://seerepo.com/uses/crossterm)**: 4 files
- **dialoguer**: 2 files
- **glutin-winit**: 2 files
- **kasuari**: 1 file
- **objc2-user-notifications**: 1 file
- **wayland-client**: 1 file

## Backend

### The base

- **[axum](https://seerepo.com/uses/axum)**: 8 files

### Data

- **[rusqlite](https://seerepo.com/uses/rusqlite)**
- **[SQLite](https://seerepo.com/uses/sqlite)**: 4 files · [zellij-utils/src/remote_session_tokens.rs, line 3](https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/blob/43c8710b3a9845f60d5a567c7410fc1197fabb66/zellij-utils/src/remote_session_tokens.rs#L3)

## Support

### The base

- **[Tokio](https://seerepo.com/uses/tokio)**: 33 files
- **axum-extra**: 3 files
- **[objc2-app-kit](https://seerepo.com/uses/objc2-app-kit)**: 3 files
- **[objc2-foundation](https://seerepo.com/uses/objc2-foundation)**: 3 files
- **axum-server**: 2 files

### Content

- **kdl**: 19 files
- **[png](https://seerepo.com/uses/png)**: 2 files

### Testing

- **insta**: 17 files

### Deploy

- **[log](https://seerepo.com/uses/log)**: 84 files

### Tools

- **prost-build**
- **xshell**
- **clap**: 8 files
- **clap_complete**: 1 file

### Other

- **byteorder**
- **bytes**
- **curl-sys**
- **openssl-sys**
- **toml**
- **tower-http**
- **which**
- **anyhow**: 75 files
- **serde**: 44 files
- **tempfile**: 32 files
- **serde_json**: 28 files
- **crossbeam**: 24 files
- **ansi_term**: 21 files
- **prost**: 20 files
- **interprocess**: 18 files
- **windows-sys**: 17 files
- **unicode-width**: 13 files
- **regex**: 12 files
- **uuid**: 12 files
- **base64**: 11 files
- **url**: 10 files
- **wasmi**: 9 files
- **async-trait**: 7 files
- **fuzzy-matcher**: 7 files
- **miette**: 7 files
- **windows**: 7 files
- **libc**: 6 files
- **nix**: 6 files
- **strum**: 5 files
- **thiserror**: 5 files
- **tokio-util**: 5 files
- **humantime**: 4 files
- **lazy_static**: 4 files
- **objc2**: 4 files
- **notify-debouncer-full**: 3 files
- **signal-hook**: 3 files
- **tokio-tungstenite**: 3 files
- **bitflags**: 2 files
- **chrono**: 2 files
- **directories**: 2 files
- **dunce**: 2 files
- **flate2**: 2 files
- **futures**: 2 files
- **futures-util**: 2 files
- **include_dir**: 2 files
- **libloading**: 2 files
- **memchr**: 2 files
- **notify**: 2 files
- **num_cpus**: 2 files
- **rand**: 2 files
- **sha2**: 2 files
- **shellexpand**: 2 files
- **strip-ansi-escapes**: 2 files
- **strum_macros**: 2 files
- **time**: 2 files
- **unicode-segmentation**: 2 files
- **urlencoding**: 2 files
- **arboard**: 1 file
- **arrayvec**: 1 file
- **backtrace**: 1 file
- **block2**: 1 file
- **colored**: 1 file
- **memmap2**: 1 file
- **once_cell**: 1 file
- **percent-encoding**: 1 file
- **rustls**: 1 file
- **rustls-native-certs**: 1 file
- **rustls-pemfile**: 1 file
- **rustls-pki-types**: 1 file
- **sysinfo**: 1 file
- **tokio-rustls**: 1 file
- **tokio-stream**: 1 file
- **wayland-protocols**: 1 file
- **winapi**: 1 file

## Other repos with a similar stack

- [DioxusLabs/dioxus](https://seerepo.com/r/DioxusLabs/dioxus/built): axum, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, axum-server, winit, crossterm, png, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/DioxusLabs/dioxus/vs/zellij-org/zellij)
- [tinyhumansai/openhuman](https://seerepo.com/r/tinyhumansai/openhuman/built): axum, rusqlite, SQLite, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, crossterm, objc2-user-notifications, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/tinyhumansai/openhuman/vs/zellij-org/zellij)
- [spacedriveapp/spacedrive](https://seerepo.com/r/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/built): axum, rusqlite, SQLite, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, crossterm, dialoguer · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/vs/zellij-org/zellij)
- [openai/codex](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex/built): axum, SQLite, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, crossterm, png, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/openai/codex/vs/zellij-org/zellij)
- [zed-industries/zed](https://seerepo.com/r/zed-industries/zed/built): axum, Tokio, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, swash, dialoguer, wayland-client, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/zed-industries/zed/vs/zellij-org/zellij)
- [warpdotdev/warp](https://seerepo.com/r/warpdotdev/warp/built): axum, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, fontdb, winit, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/warpdotdev/warp/vs/zellij-org/zellij)

## Frequently asked questions

### What language is zellij written in?

zellij is written in Rust, with 612,599 written lines.

### What framework does zellij use?

zellij is built with axum, Tokio, axum-extra, objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, and axum-server.

### What database does zellij use?

zellij stores its data in SQLite.

The proof: [zellij-utils/src/remote_session_tokens.rs, line 3](https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/blob/43c8710b3a9845f60d5a567c7410fc1197fabb66/zellij-utils/src/remote_session_tokens.rs#L3)

### What services does zellij use?

zellij uses rusqlite.

### Does zellij have tests?

Yes. zellij has 191 test files and is tested with insta.

### Which repos have a stack like zellij's?

The ones that share most of its stack: DioxusLabs/dioxus, tinyhumansai/openhuman, and spacedriveapp/spacedrive.

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.