rust-lang/rust
Position in GitHub’s trending lists, facts from the GitHub API and the README, and the star history recorded by this site.
Collected
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
First paragraph of the README
This is the main source code repository for [Rust]. It contains the compiler, standard library, and documentation.
Where it is trending
| List | Position | Stars gained |
|---|---|---|
| All languages, today | #9 | +207 today |
| rust, today | #1 | +207 today |
Star history recorded by this site
One reading per day since Oct 4, 2026, the first day this repository was seen in a trending list.
- 120,173+226
- 119,947+343
- 119,604+15
- 119,589+38
- 119,551
Positions, star totals and “stars gained” are the ones GitHub published, read at Oct 15, 2026, 07:00 UTC. The README paragraph and the install command are copied automatically and are not reviewed.
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How many stars does rust-lang/rust have?
120,173 stars and 18,708 forks when GitHub’s trending page was read on Oct 15, 2026, 07:00 UTC. GitHub reported 207 new stars for the period of the list it appears in.
What is rust-lang/rust written in, and under which license?
GitHub classifies it as Rust. Its license, as reported by the GitHub API, is Apache-2.0.