Rust

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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[Website][Rust] | [Getting started] | [Learn] | [Documentation] | [Contributing] The project is written primarily in Rust, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2010. It has gained significant community traction with 113,218 stars and 15,032 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: compiler, language, rust.

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This is the main source code repository for Rust. It contains the compiler,
standard library, and documentation.

Why Rust?

  • Performance: Fast and memory-efficient, suitable for critical services, embedded devices, and easily integrated with other languages.

  • Reliability: Our rich type system and ownership model ensure memory and thread safety, reducing bugs at compile-time.

  • 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).

Quick Start

Read "Installation" from The Book.

Installing from Source

If you really want to install from source (though this is not recommended), see
INSTALL.md.

Getting Help

See https://www.rust-lang.org/community for a list of chat platforms and forums.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

For a detailed explanation of the compiler's architecture and how to begin contributing, see the rustc-dev-guide.

License

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.

Trademark

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.

Contributors

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