rust-lang/async-book resource

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2198 stars · 284 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The official Rust async book, a guide to asynchronous programming in Rust from beginner to advanced topics, built with mdbook. It is currently undergoing a rewrite after a long unmaintained period.

Use cases

• learn async programming in Rust from scratch
• understand Rust futures and executors
• find advanced async Rust topics like pinning and streams
• reference guide for async/await in Rust
• onboard a team to async Rust development

When to choose

• you already know Rust and want to learn async/await
• you want an official, free, in-depth written guide
• you need both beginner and advanced async Rust material

When to avoid

• you need up-to-date, polished content right now (it is mid-rewrite with gaps and duplication)
• you want a hands-on tutorial or course rather than a book
• you are learning Rust itself rather than async Rust

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

documentation developer-tools tutorials programming-languages cross-platform rust async book mdbook concurrency education

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