Rust

Systems programming language

79
Needs attention
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
High risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Maintainers

Graydon Hoare
Graydon Hoare
Rust Creator
Steve Klabnik
Steve Klabnik
Rust Documentation Lead
Yehuda Katz
Yehuda Katz
Ember.js and Rust Contributor

Overview

Rust is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language designed for performance and safety, especially safe concurrency.

Importance

  • Growing adoption for systems programming
  • Foundation for memory-safe infrastructure
  • Used by Linux kernel, Firefox, and more
  • Critical for security-sensitive applications

Key Features

  • Memory safety without garbage collection
  • Fearless concurrency
  • Zero-cost abstractions
  • Rich type system

Sustainability

Rust is supported by the Rust Foundation with strong corporate backing from AWS, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Huawei.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (2)
LLVM 96
Linux Kernel 88
Rust
runtime
⬇️ Used By (2)
Cargo 76
Deno 96

Dependency Chain

Upstream
LLVM → Linux Kernel →
Rust
→ Cargo → Deno
Downstream

Impact Analysis

2 Direct Dependencies
2 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Rust could affect 2 downstream projects.

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