Rust Syntax installs statistics
By Dusty Pomerleau · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Improved Rust syntax highlighting
Rust Syntax has 1,491,593 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #422 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.80 / 5 from 5 ratings
About Rust Syntax
Rust Syntax
This extension provides a TextMate grammar for Rust. In most cases, you won't need to install the extension, as this repository is upstreamed by VS Code (issues and PRs should be submitted here).
If you are doing a significant amount of Rust programming, the semantic highlighting provided by [Rust Analyzer][] will be superior to a textmate grammar. For example, semantic highlighting can easily distinguish enums, structs, and traits.
Rust Syntax is compatible with Rust Analyzer, but the scopes provided by this extension will not be visible while semantic highlighting is enabled. If for some reason you would like to disable semantic highlighting, you can do this in your settings.json:
Compatibility
Not all themes are specifically optimized for Rust. We have tried to provide sensible default scopes that will work with most themes. If you want to modify the colors in a particular theme, you can do so in your settings.json:
The VS Code command Developer: Inspect Editor Tokens and Scopes will show you the scope stack at the current cursor position.
Contributing
The grammar is maintained as YAML, using tasks to generate JSON on save (please don't edit the JSON grammar directly). You can regenerate the JSON manually from the command palette using Tasks: Run Build Task.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- grammar
- highlighting
- language
- rust
- syntax
Where Rust Syntax sits in the listing
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Adoption over time
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dustypomerleau.rust-syntax. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.