MELON POST

JetBrains, the company behind widely-used development environments like IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm, has announced the release of RustRover, a dedicated Integrated Development Environment (IDE) built specifically for the Rust programming language. This marks a significant moment for Rust developers, who have long relied on general-purpose IDEs or extensions for support.

Tailor-Made for Rust

RustRover is JetBrains’ answer to growing demand for robust tools in the Rust ecosystem. With Rust’s rise in systems programming, WebAssembly, embedded development, and backend infrastructure, the need for a reliable and intuitive IDE has become paramount.

RustRover brings JetBrains' signature intelligent coding features — like code completion, syntax highlighting, real-time error checking, refactoring, and navigation — optimized entirely for Rust.

Key Features

Built-in Cargo Integration: Manage dependencies, build, and run applications directly from the IDE.

Inline Documentation: Hover over code to see Rust docs, function signatures, and inferred types.

Smart Code Completion: Context-aware suggestions help write code faster with fewer errors.

Live Templates and Snippets: Speeds up repetitive tasks with smart snippets tailored for Rust syntax.

Graphical Debugger: Debug Rust applications visually using JetBrains' standard debugger UI.

Cross-Platform Support: Available on Windows, macOS, and Linux with native look and feel.

IDEs Catching Up with Rust's Popularity

Rust has consistently ranked as one of the most beloved programming languages in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey. However, tool support hasn’t always kept up — especially when compared to mature languages like Java and C++.

Until now, Rust developers primarily relied on VS Code + rust-analyzer, which offers good features but can lack the deeper, integrated experience JetBrains tools are known for.

With RustRover, developers get a dedicated interface that’s designed with Rust’s unique syntax, ownership model, and compiler rules in mind.

Feedback from the Community

Initial reviews from Rust professionals and open-source contributors have been overwhelmingly positive. Notably:

“RustRover gives me the productivity boost I get from IntelliJ, finally in Rust. It's like having rust-analyzer and a JetBrains IDE in one.” — Alice R., Open-source Maintainer

“The debugger and Cargo integration are game-changers for enterprise Rust.” — Martin G., Backend Systems Architect

Built on IntelliJ Platform

RustRover inherits the extensible and stable foundation of the IntelliJ platform, allowing integration with other tools and plugins, including:

Git and version control support

Markdown editing

Docker integration

Code coverage analysis

Test runners

Future Enhancements

JetBrains plans to expand RustRover’s capabilities by integrating WASM build support, embedded device debugging, and deeper clippy/lint support.

A plugin marketplace for RustRover is also expected to be launched later this year.