---
title: "Campfire in Rust"
description: "Rust port of Basecamp's ONCE Campfire group chat: one binary replaces Ruby, Puma, Redis and Resque while reusing the existing SQLite data."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/campfire-in-rust-vg-2433"
category: "Clonable Projects & Starters"
subcategory: "Open-source product to fork"
license: "MIT"
author: "Basecamp"
source: "https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire-rust"
---

# Campfire in Rust
Rust port of Basecamp's ONCE Campfire group chat: one binary replaces Ruby, Puma, Redis and Resque while reusing the existing SQLite data.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire-rust
- Category: Clonable Projects & Starters / Open-source product to fork
- Author: Basecamp
- Licence: MIT
- Tags: rust, chat, self-hosted, sqlite
## Why it's a gem
Drop-in self-hosted chat that runs 19 to 44 times faster with no migration.
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/campfire-in-rust-vg-2433 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/campfire-in-rust-vg-2433