Contributing to Rust — libraries

If you want to contribute to Rust by writing volumes of Rust code, then libraries are where it’s at: since Rust is a young language, there are many types of libraries that either do not exist yet or are incomplete and in need of improvement or competition.

Deciding what to write that will have impact and be fun is a common difficulty. Here are some ideas:

• Read and participate in the weekly “what’s everyone working on this week” threads on /r/rust and users.rust-lang.org. These are packed with exciting announcements from other Rust programmers in need of collaborators.
• Familiarize yourself with the best Rust libraries through awesome-rust and libs.rs.
• Some larger projects, including the web browser Servo, the HTTP library hyper, the source-formatter rustfmt, the Unix library bindings nix, and the lint collection clippy, tag issues with ‘easy’ labels for new contributors.
• Get involved with one of the active Rust-oriented GitHub organizations, such as PistonDevelopers, servo, redox-os, iron, contain-rs, hyperium. It’s often easier to find a place to fit in with these subcommunities, they are in greater need of help than rust-lang itself, and they are filled with experienced Rust developers to guide you.
• Help guide libraries from rust-lang-nursery into rust-lang proper. Unfortunately there is not much documentation on what needs to be done here; ask on #rust-libs.
• Inspect the RFC issue tracker for a requested community library and build it.
• Watch Github Trending for currently active Rust projects.

As a library author you will want to be aware of the best practices for Rust libraries.

Meet other Rust library designers in #rust-libs.