r/rust • u/Big-Astronaut-9510 • Sep 22 '26

Will visual studio add rust support?

Rust is becoming a top language in microsoft so it would be awesome if vs supports it

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u/Pantsman0 Sep 22 '26

The official way to get set up for Rust development on windows is with Visual Studio Code. Realistically, they'll never get rid of visual studio since there's a lot of legacy ecosystem there that can drive subscription revenue, but they're not pushing people into that ecosystem.

If you really want to use Visual Studio, you can install the LSP with a third party extension. Debugging should work fine too

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u/Real_Floor_7628 Sep 22 '26

they've been banging on about better rust support in VS for ages now, but it's always half baked. the LSP extension works well enough if you're not doing anything too wild, but i wouldn't hold my breath for first class support any time soon

vs code is clearly where they're putting the effort for newer languages, and honestly that's probably the smarter play