r/rust is a subreddit with 419k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses rust, looking for, struggling, library, and strugglingwith, and they frequently recommend/review rust ide, ide, and ui framework.
A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.
Popular Themes in r/rust
#1
Advice Requests
: "Best resources to start learning Rust as a beginner?"
4 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "I built a weird Rust compiler that runs entirely through GitHub"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Is there a Rust crate/library gap that's bugging you? I'm bored and want to build something"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Hi everyone! I wanted to ask which framework is better to use for training AI from scratch: Burn or Candle?"
1 post
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Depressed not because of coding, but because of outside pressure. Anyone else feeling like this at my age?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/rust
#1
Rust
117 posts
#2
Looking For
79 posts
#3
Struggling
25 posts
#4
Library
20 posts
#5
Strugglingwith
17 posts
#6
Topics
16 posts
#7
Project
14 posts
#8
Web
14 posts
#9
Help
13 posts
#10
Code
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/rust
Rust Ide
256 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.1★ from 88 reviews
#2
Microsoft
4.4★ from 51 reviews
#3
Neovim
4.3★ from 16 reviews
Ide
82 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.3★ from 20 reviews
#2
Neovim
4.6★ from 9 reviews
#3
Zed
4.1★ from 8 reviews
Ui Framework
34 reviews
#1
Tauri
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
React
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Slint
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/rust
#1
🛠️ project
: "ssh late.sh - the Clubhouse now has live streaming, synthwave radio, NetHack, DCSS, Brogue, and a whole BBS door games wing :)"
55 posts
#2
🙋 seeking help & advice
: "Has anyone built a complex ui heavy desktop app with Slint, Iced, or egui?"
16 posts
#3
🎙️ discussion
: "I've learned Rust Before C++ and it completely changed the way I code C++"
7 posts
#4
🗞️ news
: "Enabling the next-generation trait solver on nightly"
5 posts
#5
📸 media
: "Learning-Rust.Github.io: Labs: Project 1 – RESTful API Workspace [Human-Authored!]"
4 posts
#6
📡 official blog
: "Rust 1.98.0 is out"
3 posts
#7
🧠 educational
: "A graph DB in Rust that uses s3 as its primary disk"
3 posts
#8
💼 jobs megathread
: "Official /r/rust "Who's Hiring" thread for job-seekers and job-offerers [Rust 1.98]"
1 post
#9
📅 this week in rust
: "This Week in Rust #665"
1 post
#10
💡 ideas & proposals
: "re-allocating" storage for a local could allow faster code"
1 post
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Yearly
+60k members(16.6%)
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Last updated: August 23, 2026