# rust-lang/vscode-rust

Rust extension for Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-rust
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: vscode-extension, rust
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-11-15T17:22:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3652, "days_push": 1387, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1398, forks 159 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.816247+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated Visual Studio Code extension that adds Rust language support via the Rust Language Server (RLS) or rust-analyzer. It provides code completion, navigation, formatting, refactoring, and error diagnostics for Rust projects.

## Use cases
- rust code completion in vscode
- jump to definition for rust code
- format rust code in editor
- rename symbols in rust projects
- see rust compiler errors inline in vscode
- run cargo build tasks from vscode

## When to choose
- you are stuck on a legacy toolchain that requires RLS instead of rust-analyzer
- you need to maintain an old editor setup that depends on this extension

## When to avoid
- starting any new Rust project - use the rust-analyzer extension instead
- you want actively maintained tooling or bug fixes
- you need support for the latest Rust language features

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: rust, vscode-extension, language-server, deprecated, lsp

## Member repositories
- rust-lang/vscode-rust (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.816247+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 2026-08-30T04:39:14.338186+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.816247+00:00, sha c92e85c71ac2)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rust-lang.rust (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:54.124084+00:00, sha 67ec3984e7af)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.