r/rust

Community Overview
r/rust logo
reddit.com/r/rust/
Go to community
→

About r/rust

A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.

The community at a glance

r/rust is a Subreddit for Programmers with roughly 418K members. It has been around since 2010. It uses a forum format for communication.

Roughly 60K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Rust, Looking For, and Struggling. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Ideas. Product recommendations often mention laptop, gui library, and rust framework.

On Reddit
Established 2010
418K Members

Community Topics

Community Features

Forum

This community has a forum

Subreddit Analysis

via GummySearch
Yearly: +60K members
Growth: +16.7% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2013: 2K members
  • 2014: 5K members
  • 2015: 6K members
  • 2016: 8K members
  • 2017: 11K members
  • 2018: 17K members
  • 2019: 36K members
  • 2021: 79K members
  • 2023: 102K members
  • 2024: 62K members
  • 2025: 52K members
  • 2026: 39K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Sep: 4K members
  • Oct: 3K members
  • Nov: 5K members
  • Dec: 6K members
  • Jan: 6K members
  • Feb: 5K members
  • Mar: 6K members
  • Apr: 5K members
  • May: 5K members
  • Jun: 5K members
  • Jul: 5K members
  • Aug: 2K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    5 posts in the past month
    1. I added 50+ Rust quiz questions to Cratery, free to solve
    2. Need help with lifetimes
    3. Built a file-sync daemon in Rust with zero dependencies outside std hand-rolled the JSON reader, the terminal picker, the wire protocol and four config parsers. Here’s what that cost and what it bought. Lead with the dependency story, the Sink trait letting one algorithm serve three transports,
    #1
    Advice Requests
    I added 50+ Rust quiz questions to Cratery, free to solve · Need help with lifetimes · Built a file-sync daemon in Rust with zero dependencies outside std hand-rolled the JSON reader, the terminal picker, the wire protocol and four config parsers. Here’s what that cost and what it bought. Lead with the dependency story, the Sink trait letting one algorithm serve three transports,
    5
  • Ideas
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine
    2. Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine
    3. Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine
    #2
    Ideas
    Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine · Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine · Plow (packet language for on device workers ) Gen AI inference engine
    5
  • Self-Promotion
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Announcing Apple App Store Server Library v6.0.0 — Faster, Simpler and Crypto Backend Agnostic
    2. Announcing OxiSH: a modern, memory-safe SSH server
    #3
    Self-Promotion
    Announcing Apple App Store Server Library v6.0.0 — Faster, Simpler and Crypto Backend Agnostic · Announcing OxiSH: a modern, memory-safe SSH server
    2
  • Pain & Anger
    1 post in the past month
    1. Rust has spoiled programming for me
    #4
    Pain & Anger
    Rust has spoiled programming for me
    1
  • Solution Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. rust authentication frameworks
    #5
    Solution Requests
    rust authentication frameworks
    1

Topics

  • Rust
    117 posts in the past month
    #1
    Rust
    117
  • Looking For
    79 posts in the past month
    #2
    Looking For
    79
  • Struggling
    25 posts in the past month
    #3
    Struggling
    25
  • Library
    20 posts in the past month
    #4
    Library
    20
  • Strugglingwith
    17 posts in the past month
    #5
    Strugglingwith
    17

Flair

  • 🛠️ project
    38 posts in the past month
    1. Someone remembered my project existed, so here's a 1.5 year progress update
    2. Thermite SIMD: Melt Your CPU - 0.2.0 release, complete rewrite after six years of work
    3. cynosura: Simulation of satellite orienting itself in space using only star positions
    #1
    🛠️ project
    Someone remembered my project existed, so here's a 1.5 year progress update · Thermite SIMD: Melt Your CPU - 0.2.0 release, complete rewrite after six years of work · cynosura: Simulation of satellite orienting itself in space using only star positions
    38
  • 🙋 seeking help & advice
    12 posts in the past month
    1. Is the + operator sugar code?
    2. Flagging unused public library functions??
    3. How to make traits Dyn compatible?
    #2
    🙋 seeking help & advice
    Is the + operator sugar code? · Flagging unused public library functions?? · How to make traits Dyn compatible?
    12
  • 📸 media
    7 posts in the past month
    1. Meet potential rust gui
    2. Closures in the Advent of Code: Three Traits, Two Misunderstandings, and One MidWit.
    3. Let's Code Doppelkopf in Rust Part 1
    #3
    📸 media
    Meet potential rust gui · Closures in the Advent of Code: Three Traits, Two Misunderstandings, and One MidWit. · Let's Code Doppelkopf in Rust Part 1
    7
  • 🎙️ discussion
    6 posts in the past month
    1. Rust has spoiled programming for me
    2. Which libraries actively make your code better for using them?
    3. Have you used Lean specifications in your Rust projects?
    #4
    🎙️ discussion
    Rust has spoiled programming for me · Which libraries actively make your code better for using them? · Have you used Lean specifications in your Rust projects?
    6
  • 🧠 educational
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Profiling Rust with hotpath-rs: The Complete Guide - From SQL Queries to CPU Sampling
    2. Tail-Call Interpreters in Rust
    3. A problem whose cause I don't know.
    #5
    🧠 educational
    Profiling Rust with hotpath-rs: The Complete Guide - From SQL Queries to CPU Sampling · Tail-Call Interpreters in Rust · A problem whose cause I don't know.
    4

Product recommendations

  • laptop
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Best laptop for rust programming
    2. Best Intel laptop CPU for Rust compilation
    #1
    laptop
    Best laptop for rust programming · Best Intel laptop CPU for Rust compilation
    2
  • gui library
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Which GUI library can you recommend for 60 fps wave-function animation
    2. Which GUI library can you recommend for 60 fps wave-function animation
    #2
    gui library
    Which GUI library can you recommend for 60 fps wave-function animation · Which GUI library can you recommend for 60 fps wave-function animation
    2
  • rust framework
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Best Rust Framework for DDD and Developer Experience?
    2. Which Web Framework do people recommend for Rust in 2023?
    #3
    rust framework
    Best Rust Framework for DDD and Developer Experience? · Which Web Framework do people recommend for Rust in 2023?
    2
  • server
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Best server and admins ! Come join
    2. Best server and admins ! Come join
    #4
    server
    Best server and admins ! Come join · Best server and admins ! Come join
    2
  • platform to find an enthusiastic team
    2 posts in the past month
    1. The best platform to find an enthusiastic team to develop a project?
    2. The best platform to find an enthusiastic team to develop a project?
    #5
    platform to find an enthusiastic team
    The best platform to find an enthusiastic team to develop a project? · The best platform to find an enthusiastic team to develop a project?
    2
View full analysis on GummySearchSynced 8/13/2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is r/rust for?
Best for Programmers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/rust free to join?
This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
How many members does r/rust have?
Roughly 418K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/rust on?
r/rust runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
What topics does r/rust cover?
On the Hive Index, r/rust is organized under Programmers.
How do I join r/rust?
You can join r/rust by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the Software Development communities like?
The largest tech-adjacent category on the site, covering software engineering across languages, frameworks, and specialties. Discord and Slack host communities for specific languages and stacks, while Reddit has massive general programming communities. Good for code review, career advice, tool recommendations, and connecting with developers at similar stages.
Go to communitySuggest an editReport communityClaim community

Monthly Stats

12
Views /mo
(+71%)
11
Visitors /mo
(+83%)
0
Referrals /mo
(-100%)

Similar Communities

12
reddit.com/r/rust/
Go to community
→