Rather, it will be the organization that hosts Rust infrastructure, supports the community, and stewards the language for the benefit of all users. The Rust Foundation will not replace the existing community and technical governance for Rust. Other entities will be able to provide direct financial resources to Rust beyond in-kind contributions. The new Rust Foundation will have board representation from a wide set of stakeholders to help set a path to its own future.
Given its reach and impact, Rust will benefit from an organization that is 100% focused on the project. Mozilla is proud of its role in Rust’s creation and we are happy to see it outgrow its origins and secure a dedicated organization to support its continued evolution. The wide range of contributors and adopters has made Rust a better language for everyone. It has helped companies like Dropbox, Figma, and Microsoft build better applications for their customers. Rust gives you control over low-level details and provides remarkable improvements in speed and stability. Rust’s growth is thanks to literally thousands of contributors and a strong culture of inclusion. Rust is a systems programming language that has been voted as StackOverflow’s most loved programming languages, four years in a row.
It takes a lot for a new programming language to be successful. Mozilla used Rust to build Stylo, the CSS engine in Firefox ( replacing approximately 160,000 lines of C++ with 85,000 lines of Rust). Adoption is increasing as companies big and small, scientists, and many others discover its power and usability. Rust is so popular that it has been voted the most “most-loved” programming language in Stack Overflow’s developer survey for five years in a row. In 2015, the Rust project announced the first stable release, Rust 1.0. Within a few years, Rust had grown into a project with an independent governance structure and contributions from inside and outside Mozilla. Back in 2010, Graydon Hoare presented work on something he hoped would become a “slightly less annoying” programming language that could deliver better memory safety and more concurrency. It started life as a side project in Mozilla Research. Rust is an open-source programming language focused on safety, speed and concurrency. Mozilla is pleased to be a founding Platinum Sponsor of the Rust Foundation and looks forward to working with it to help Rust continue to grow and prosper. Rust has long been bigger than just a Mozilla project and today’s announcement is the culmination of many years of community building and collaboration. The Rust Foundation will be the home of the popular Rust programming language that began within Mozilla. Today Mozilla is thrilled to join the Rust community in announcing the formation of the Rust Foundation.
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