# TailTalk: An async user-space AppleTalk stack written in Rust with Tokio

A developer has released TailTalk, a modern user-space implementation of the legacy AppleTalk networking protocol, built in Rust and using the Tokio async runtime. It revives a decades-old Apple networking standard for contemporary systems, offering hobbyists and retro-computing enthusiasts a way to run AppleTalk without kernel-level support.

**Importance:** 2/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk/) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:43:31 +0000