rust-lang/rfcs resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

The official repository of Request for Comments (RFC) documents for the Rust programming language, defining the process for proposing substantial changes to Rust, Cargo, and Crates.io. It also renders as the Rust RFC Book, a browsable record of accepted, rejected, and postponed language design proposals.

Use cases

• propose a new Rust language feature
• read the history of Rust language design decisions
• understand how the Rust RFC process works
• check whether a change needs an RFC or just a PR
• find the status of active Rust RFCs
• learn how Rust community governance works

When to choose

• you want to propose or review a substantial change to Rust, Cargo, or Crates.io
• you are researching why a Rust feature exists or was rejected
• you want to understand Rust's design and governance process

When to avoid

• you need a software tool or library rather than design documents
• you want to report a bug or make a minor change to Rust (use the relevant repo's issue tracker or PR workflow)
• you need documentation on how to use Rust rather than how it evolves

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

documentation programming-languages documentation developer-tools rfc rust governance rfc-process markdown community-process web-server

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