The Rusty Wrench is an award presented annually at linux.conf.au since 2005 for service to the free software community in Australia. It is named for its first recipient, Rusty Russell.
The Rusty Wrench award was not awarded in 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011. It will be awarded again at linux.conf.au 2012 based on nominations from the free software and open source communities.