/r/rust/

r/rust

424k members
r/rust is a subreddit with 424k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, 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
: "What's everyone working on this week (39/2026)?"
3 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Anyone know how to fix this I’ve already tried reinstalling and yes I am on the right version of the game"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/rust

#1

Rust

: "Coming from OOP, this is the polymorphism tradeoff that took me a while to get in Rust"
116 posts
#2

Looking For

77 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
: "ArcColdString: A 1-word (8-byte) atomically reference-counted SSO string that saves up to 32 bytes over Arc<str>"
34 posts
#2
🙋 seeking help & advice
: "Are there any reliable ways to retrieve per-process swap or paged-out memory on Windows and macOS?"
8 posts
#3
🧠 educational
: "Rust enums are gold for compilers"
5 posts
#4
📡 official blog
: "GitHub Actions leaking secrets when Miri output is cached"
4 posts
#5
🎙️ discussion
: "What do you consider to be AI slop?"
3 posts
#6
🗞️ news
: "rust-analyzer changelog #346"
2 posts
#7
💡 ideas & proposals
: "(Includes Pre-RFC) Named and Optional Arguments are Awesome"
1 post
#8
🐝 activity megathread
: "What's everyone working on this week (39/2026)?"
1 post
#9
🙋 questions megathread
: "Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (39/2026)!"
1 post
#10
📸 media
: "Is this coverage enough for a competition project"
1 post

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+60k members(16.6%)

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Last updated: September 22, 2026