Tools

Tools you can build on

Rust ships with a batteries-included toolchain. Format, lint, document, test, and ship — with the same commands on every platform.

Build tool

Cargo

Cargo is Rust's build system and package manager. It creates projects, resolves and downloads dependencies, compiles your code, runs tests, and publishes to the ecosystem — all through one consistent command.

Every Rust project is described by a Cargo.toml manifest, while Cargo.lock pins the exact versions you built against, so everyone on your team gets reproducible results.

Get Cargo with rustup

# Create a new project
cargo new hello-rust

# Build the project
cargo build

# Run the test suite
cargo test

rustfmt

An automatic code formatter that rewrites your source to a single, community-agreed style. End style debates and keep diffs focused on real changes.

Clippy

A collection of lints that catch common mistakes and suggest more idiomatic code. Clippy teaches as it warns, so your codebase gets better over time.

rustdoc

Documentation is built into the language. Write /// comments and rustdoc generates searchable HTML — the same docs you read on docs.rs.

rustup

The toolchain installer and version manager. Keep stable, beta, and nightly side by side, switch per project, and add compilation targets cross-platform.

rust-analyzer

The official language server for Rust. It provides IDE-grade intelligence to any compatible editor and is the engine behind Rust support in VS Code.

VS Code

Install the rust-analyzer extension for a lightweight, well-supported setup with debugging, testing, and inline diagnostics out of the box.

JetBrains, Vim & Emacs

RustRover and the IntelliJ Rust plugin cover JetBrains users, while rust-analyzer integrations bring the same intelligence to Vim, Neovim, and Emacs.

Get the toolchain

Install Rust with rustup and every tool on this page arrives with it — on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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