# mrcjkb/rustaceanvim

🦀 Supercharge your Rust experience in Neovim! A heavily modified fork of rust-tools.nvim

Repository: https://github.com/mrcjkb/rustaceanvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rustaceanvim
Language: Lua
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: dap, debug-adapter-protocol, language-server-protocol, lsp, neovim, rust, rust-analyzer, rust-lang, rust-tools, nvim, plugin
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:22:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1940, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 116}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3097, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.368161+00:00)

## What it is
rustaceanvim is a Neovim plugin that enhances Rust development with rust-analyzer-specific features beyond the built-in LSP client. It is a heavily modified fork of rust-tools.nvim that works without setup calls or lspconfig dependency.

## Use cases
- set up rust-analyzer in neovim
- debug rust code in neovim with dap
- run cargo commands from neovim
- view crate dependency graphs in neovim
- get inlay hints and code actions for rust in neovim
- replace rust-tools.nvim with a maintained fork

## When to choose
- you want rust-analyzer-specific features beyond neovim's built-in LSP support
- you need integrated debugging (DAP) for Rust in Neovim
- you want a zero-config, lazy-loading Rust plugin

## When to avoid
- you are new to Rust and built-in LSP or nvim-lspconfig is sufficient
- you use an editor other than Neovim
- you need support for Neovim versions older than 0.12

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, windows
- tags: neovim, rust, rust-analyzer, lsp, dap, lua, rust-tools-fork, debugging, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mrcjkb/rustaceanvim (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.368161+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 2026-08-30T07:27:17.247252+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mrcjkb/rustaceanvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.368161+00:00, sha a701858bf4fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.