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rust-lang rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
Stars
117,413
Forks
15,511
Watchers: 117,413
Language
License: Apache License 2.0
Repository Radar Score
65 / 100
Growth
- 7d
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- 30d
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- 0.0%
Not enough metric snapshots yet to chart growth for this repository.
Last observed: 6 days ago
Score breakdown
- popularity 94
- growth 0
- activity 90
- freshness 100
- community 83
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This is the main source code repository for Rust. It contains the compiler, standard library, and documentation.
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Performance: Fast and memory-efficient, suitable for critical services, embedded devices, and easily integrated with other languages.
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Reliability: Our rich type system and ownership model ensure memory and thread safety, reducing bugs at compile-time.
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Productivity: Comprehensive documentation, a compiler committed to providing great diagnostics, and advanced tooling including package manager and build tool (Cargo), auto-formatter (rustfmt), linter (Clippy) and editor support (rust-analyzer).
Read "Installation" from The Book.
If you really want to install from source (though this is not recommended), see INSTALL.md.
See https://www.rust-lang.org/community for a list of chat platforms and forums.
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
For a detailed explanation of the compiler's architecture and how to begin contributing, see the rustc-dev-guide.
Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various BSD-like licenses.
See LICENSE-APACHE, LICENSE-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.
The Rust Foundation owns and protects the Rust and Cargo trademarks and logos (the "Rust Trademarks").
If you want to use these names or brands, please read the Rust language trademark policy.
Third-party logos may be subject to third-party copyrights and trademarks. See Licenses for details.
Languages
Share of the codebase by language, based on repository metadata from the host.
- Rust 90.4%
- HTML 6.4%
- Shell 0.8%
- C 0.8%
- JavaScript 0.5%
- Python 0.4%
- PowerShell 0.3%
- TypeScript 0.2%
- C++ 0.1%
- CSS 0.1%
- Dockerfile 0.1%
- Assembly 0.0%
- Roff 0.0%
- Linker Script 0.0%
- Makefile 0.0%
- Julia 0.0%
- RenderScript 0.0%
- Nix 0.0%
- XSLT 0.0%
- Emacs Lisp 0.0%
- CMake 0.0%
- Batchfile 0.0%
- RPC 0.0%
- LLVM 0.0%
- Perl 0.0%
Repository Radar analysis
Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.
Why this repository is interesting
- High absolute popularity (117,413 stars) signals broad adoption.
- Maintained recently (last push 2 weeks ago).
Who should use it
- Developers working primarily with Rust
Potential use cases
- Reference or evaluate Rust open-source approaches in this domain
Strengths
- Recent repository activity
- README present in our index
- Declared license: Apache License 2.0
- Substantial fork count (15,511) suggests reuse and contribution interest
Limitations / considerations
- Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review
What to watch
- Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption
Strong signals: Strong community interest · Active maintenance
Source: GitHub (public metadata) + Repository Radar analysis. We do not claim ownership of third-party repositories.