Documentation related to Rust within the kernel. To start using Rust in the kernel, please read the Quick Start guide. The Rust support was merged in v6.1 into mainline in order to help in …

Rust for Linux is an ongoing project started in 2020 to add Rust as a programming language that can be used within the Linux kernel software, which has been written using C and assembly only.

4 days ago · Linux maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman said during the discussion that drivers in Rust were proving safer than those written in C, a good endorsement for the use of Rust since …

Dec 10, 2025 · He created the Rust for Linux project to bring out-of-tree Rust modules to Linux in 2019. By early 2021, Rust was, outside the Linux kernel, being brought closer to the world’s …

Rust for Linux is the project adding support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to the project.

Dec 12, 2025 · The Rust code within the Linux kernel isn't yet built by default but likely a matter of time before it de facto becomes that way when the open-source NVIDIA (Nova) driver is useful …

Dec 10, 2025 · Rust is becoming equal to assembler and C in programming the Linux kernel – at least officially, as there is still a lot of work to be done in practice.