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    rust-lang/rust

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    rust
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    121.6K stars
    17.4K forks
    1.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 22 days ago, with 442 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +271 stars on Oct 16, coincided with release 1.99.1.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Rust is a systems programming language focused on performance, reliability, and productivity, suitable for building reliable and efficient software.
    • Key features include a fast compiler, rich type system, ownership model for memory safety, and advanced tooling like Cargo, rustfmt, Clippy, and rust-analyzer.
    • Strengths are memory and thread safety with compile-time bug reduction; limitations include a steep learning curve and complex compiler internals.
    • With over 106,000 stars and 13,600 forks since 2010, Rust shows strong adoption and a vibrant, active community.
    • Ideal for critical services, embedded systems, and projects requiring safe concurrency and high performance.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

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

    Excerpt from the rust-lang/rust README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 31: +21Sep 5: +13Sep 15: +88Sep 16: +8Sep 17: -1Sep 18: -26Sep 23: +34Sep 24: +38Sep 25: +57Sep 26: +35Sep 27: +38Sep 28: +31Oct 2: +9Oct 3: +43Oct 4: +99Oct 5: +39Oct 6: +61Oct 7: +38Oct 8: -178Oct 9: +4Oct 15: +121Oct 16: +271Oct 20: +119Oct 21: +2Oct 22: +28Oct 23: +39Nov 8: +113

    +5,961 stars over 80 days across 37 snapshot days; best day +271 on Oct 16.

    Forks

    17.4K+1.9K

    Open issues

    12.6K-71

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