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brew install rust v1.96.0 Apache-2.0 OR MIT

Systems programming language with memory safety, ownership-based concurrency, and zero-cost abstractions.

Why you might care

Rust eliminates entire classes of memory bugs (null pointers, buffer overflows, data races) at compile time while matching C/C++ performance. Use it for systems software, CLI tools, embedded code, and WebAssembly; Homebrew itself uses Rust for critical components. Strong type system and package manager (Cargo) make rapid development practical.

Categories

language-runtime compiler

Alternatives

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Runtime dependencies

libgit2 libssh2 llvm openssl@3 pkgconf sqlite

Links

Caveats

Link this toolchain with `rustup` under the name `system` with:
  rustup toolchain link system "$(brew --prefix rust)"

If you use rustup, avoid PATH conflicts by following instructions in:
  brew info rustup

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