rust-lang/rust
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Website | [Getting started] | [Learn] | [Documentation] | [Contributing] This is the main source code repository for [Rust]. It contains the compiler, standard library, and documentation. 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…
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What this repository does
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
Repository facts
- Owner
- rust-lang
- Primary language
- Rust
- Stars
- 120,951
- Forks
- 17,350
- Open issues + pull requests
- 12,617
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2010-06-16T20:39:03.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-11-01T12:10:45.000Z
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