rust-lang/rust-analyzer

A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs

Developer toolsRust#lsp-server#rust#hacktoberfest

2.0 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

A Rust language server that brings IDE functionality to writing Rust code: go-to-definition, find-all-references, refactorings, completion, formatting and diagnostics. Works with any editor supporting LSP.

Useful for

Set up completion and go-to-definition in Vim or Emacs for a Rust project
Run clippy and rustc diagnostics inside the editor while writing code
Use rust-analyzer libraries to analyze Rust code in a custom tool

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

0 stars so far today, about 11 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 3 per day, so that's 3.2× as much.
Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 3 per day.
GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +7 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @AArnott (1,403 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 16,845
Stars in a day: 11
Forks: 2,219
Issues and pull requests: 23,093
Watchers: 93
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: nightly · September 13, 2026
Created: December 21, 2017
Last push: September 13, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 14, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +7 stars
September 13, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #14, +6 stars

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