rust-lang/rust

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

[Website][Rust] | [Getting started] | [Learn] | [Documentation] | [Contributing] This is the main source code repository for [Rust]. It contains the compiler, standard library, and documentation. [Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/ [Getting Started]: https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started [Learn]: https://www.rust-lang.org/learn [Documentation]: https://www.rust-lang.org/learn#learn-use [Contributing]: CONTRIBUTING.md ## Why Rust? - **Performance:** Fast and memory-efficient, suitable for critical services, embedded devices, and easily integrated with other languages. - **Reliability:** Our rich type system and ownership model ensure memory and thread safety, reducing bugs at compile-time. - **Productivity:** Comprehensive documentation, a compiler committed to providing great diagnostics, and advanced tooling including package manager and build tool ([Cargo]), auto-formatter ([rustfmt]), linter ([Clippy]) and editor support ([rust-analyzer]). [Cargo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo [rustfmt]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt [Clippy]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy [rust-analyzer]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer ## Quick Start Read ["Installation"] from [The Book]. ["Installation"]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch01-01-installation.html [The Book]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/index.html ## Installing from Source If you really want to install from source (though this is not recommended), see [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md). ## Getting Help See https://www.rust-lang.org/community for a list of chat platforms and forums. ## Contributing See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). For a detailed explanation of the compiler's architecture and how to begin contributing, see the [rustc-dev-guide](https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.o