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    rust-lang/rust

    #204 this week

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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    compiler
    language
    rust
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    119.9K stars
    18.6K forks
    119.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 14, 2026
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    Where it stands

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

    Ranks #204 of 1,950 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 10%).

    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 12 days ago, with 442 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #19 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 14, its best in the past year.

    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

    No watch-outs from GStars' checks.

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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

    Jul 17: +18Jul 18: +20Jul 19: +13Jul 20: +25Jul 21: -2Jul 22: -4Jul 23: +23Jul 24: +25Jul 25: +46Jul 26: +17Jul 27: +41Jul 28: +2Jul 29: +29Jul 30: +32Jul 31: +34Aug 1: +27Aug 2: +22Aug 3: +98Aug 4: +47Aug 5: +63Aug 6: +42Aug 7: +41Aug 8: +13Aug 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: +4

    +5,236 stars over 90 days across 51 snapshot days; best day +99 on Oct 4.

    Forks

    18.6K+3.2K

    Open issues

    12.6K-28

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