# crablang/crab

A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy!

Repository: https://github.com/crablang/crab
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/crab
Homepage: https://www.crablang.org
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-19T16:21:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 88
- inputs: {"age_days": 1240, "days_push": 744, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5074, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.410154+00:00)

## What it is
CrabLang is a community fork of the Rust programming language, providing the compiler, standard library, and toolchain renamed to avoid trademark restrictions. It tracks upstream Rust while offering an alternative governed by the community rather than a corporate foundation.

## Use cases
- write memory-safe systems code without trademark concerns
- compile rust-like programs with the crab toolchain
- install a community-governed rust fork
- build projects with crabgo package manager
- escape restrictive foundation trademark policy

## When to choose
- you want a rust-compatible toolchain free of trademark and corporate-governance constraints
- you support the community fork's goals and want to contribute to it
- you need memory-safe systems programming with familiar rust semantics

## When to avoid
- you are happy with official Rust and its governance
- you need ecosystem compatibility guarantees, official tooling, or long-term corporate support
- you require a toolchain guaranteed to stay current, since the fork depends on upstream tracking

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: programming-language, compiler, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: rust-fork, community-fork, memory-safety, systems-programming, crablang, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- crablang/crab (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.410154+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:02:37.264638+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crablang/crab (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.410154+00:00, sha 81693f24b2cf)
  - homepage: https://www.crablang.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:31.756176+00:00, sha 7bd80f5fd08f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.