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JetBrains, the company behind IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm, has officially released RustRover, its first full-featured IDE tailored specifically for Rust developers. Announced at the JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Day, RustRover brings advanced tooling, deep language understanding, and seamless integration to one of the fastest-growing programming ecosystems.
Rust has gained immense popularity for its memory safety, performance, and modern syntax, particularly in systems programming, web assembly, and embedded applications. However, developers have long relied on general-purpose editors like VS Code with extensions.
JetBrains aims to change that with RustRover, combining:
Smart syntax and semantic analysis
Code navigation and refactoring
Cargo integration
Built-in support for Clippy and rustfmt
Debugging, testing, and profiling tools
The goal is to bring the same experience JetBrains IDE users enjoy for Java, Python, or Kotlin — now to Rust.
RustRover is built on the IntelliJ platform and provides:
✅ Intelligent Code Completion
Context-aware suggestions and inline type hints improve coding accuracy.
✅ Live Error Detection
Catch mistakes as you type with real-time syntax and borrow checker insights.
✅ Built-in Terminal & Git
Manage builds, run tests, and version control without leaving the IDE.
✅ Run/Debug Configurations
One-click test execution, benchmarks, and debug sessions for Rust apps.
✅ Integrated Documentation
Hover tooltips and inline docs help navigate crates and standard libraries.
✅ UI for Cargo.toml & Dependency Graphs
Visualize project structure and version conflicts instantly.
JetBrains is pitching RustRover not only to solo developers but also to teams building:
Operating systems and compilers
WebAssembly frontends
Performance-critical backends
Secure embedded systems
Enterprise customers can bundle RustRover with JetBrains All Products Pack, enabling seamless cross-project work when using multiple languages.
JetBrains worked closely with the Rust Foundation and contributors from Mozilla, AWS, and the Rust compiler team to ensure RustRover aligns with:
The Rust Language Server (RLS)
rust-analyzer’s architecture
Popular dev tools like tokio, serde, actix, and axum
This collaboration ensures developers don’t need to sacrifice tooling quality when switching from other languages.
Early users of RustRover have noted:
“Finally, a Rust IDE that understands my code like IntelliJ does for Java.”
“Switching from VS Code was seamless. The debugger alone is worth it.”
“The UI is polished, and I don’t need to wrestle with configuration.”
JetBrains promises to keep feature parity with evolving Rust language changes and ecosystem shifts.
RustRover is available in public preview as a free download. A commercial release is expected later this year, likely under the same licensing as other JetBrains IDEs.
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