rust-analyzer VS vscode-rust

Compare rust-analyzer vs vscode-rust and see what are their differences.

rust-analyzer

A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs [Moved to: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer] (by rust-analyzer)

vscode-rust

Rust extension for Visual Studio Code (by rust-lang)
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rust-analyzer vscode-rust
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10.0 4.4
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rust-analyzer

Posts with mentions or reviews of rust-analyzer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-17.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #177
    1 project | /r/rust | 17 Apr 2023
    #14561 map tokens from include! expansion to the included file
  • Make LSP-Rust-analyzer works
    1 project | /r/neovim | 2 Mar 2023
    return { tools = { -- autoSetHints = false, on_initialized = function() vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufWritePost", "BufEnter", "CursorHold", "InsertLeave" }, { pattern = { "*.rs" }, callback = function() vim.lsp.codelens.refresh() end, }) end, auto = false, inlay_hints = { -- Only show inlay hints for the current line only_current_line = false, auto = false, -- Event which triggers a refersh of the inlay hints. -- You can make this "CursorMoved" or "CursorMoved,CursorMovedI" but -- not that this may cause higher CPU usage. -- This option is only respected when only_current_line and -- autoSetHints both are true. only_current_line_autocmd = "CursorHold", -- whether to show parameter hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: true show_parameter_hints = false, -- whether to show variable name before type hints with the inlay hints or not -- default: false show_variable_name = false, -- prefix for parameter hints -- default: "<-" -- parameter_hints_prefix = "<- ", parameter_hints_prefix = " ", -- prefix for all the other hints (type, chaining) -- default: "=>" -- other_hints_prefix = "=> ", other_hints_prefix = " ", -- whether to align to the lenght of the longest line in the file max_len_align = false, -- padding from the left if max_len_align is true max_len_align_padding = 1, -- whether to align to the extreme right or not right_align = false, -- padding from the right if right_align is true right_align_padding = 7, -- The color of the hints highlight = "Comment", }, hover_actions = { auto_focus = false, border = "rounded", width = 60, -- height = 30, }, }, server = { --[[ $ mkdir -p ~/.local/bin $ curl -L https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/releases/latest/download/rust-analyzer-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.gz | gunzip -c - > ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer $ chmod +x ~/.local/bin/rust-analyzer --]] -- cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "/.local/bin/rust-analyzer" }, cmd = { os.getenv "HOME" .. "~/.cargo/bin/rust-analyzer" }, on_attach = require("user.lsp.handlers").on_attach, capabilities = require("user.lsp.handlers").capabilities, settings = { ["rust-analyzer"] = { lens = { enable = true, }, checkOnSave = { command = "clippy", }, }, }, }, }
  • rust-analyzer changelog #164
    3 projects | /r/rust | 17 Jan 2023
    I would like changes like https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/pull/13799 to be listed in 'Breaking Changes' category, to приманка draw the users' attention.
  • Mun v0.4.0 released
    4 projects | /r/rust_gamedev | 13 Dec 2022
    For those of you who haven’t heard of Mun before, Mun is an embeddable programming language empowering creation through iteration. The idea to create Mun originated out of frustration with the Lua dynamic scripting language and a desire to have similar hot reloading functionality available in Rust. As such, it’s not a direct competitor with Rust, but instead is intended to be used with Rust (or C/C++) as a host/embedded language pairing. Actually, Mun is completely written in Rust, building on similar crates as rust-analyzer and rustc. Its key features include:
  • rust-analyzer changelog #159
    2 projects | /r/rust | 12 Dec 2022
    #13728 upgrade chalk to make solver fuel work again (works around most trait solving hangs).
  • rust-analyzer changelog #147
    1 project | /r/rust | 19 Sep 2022
    #13221 (first contribution) add option to move lenses above doc comments (rust-analyzer.lens.location):
  • Does Rust need proc-macros 2.0?
    2 projects | /r/rust | 27 Jul 2022
    Rust-analyzer has a good overview: https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/dev/syntax.md
  • rust-analyzer changelog #134
    7 projects | /r/rust | 20 Jun 2022
    #12517 (first contribution) fix completion for methods in trait generated by macro.
  • LSP Rust Analyzer keeps telling me `Error NO_RESULT_CALLBACK_FOUND`
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Jun 2022
    -- all the opts to send to nvim-lspconfig -- these override the defaults set by rust-tools.nvim -- see https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/doc/server_configurations.md#rust_analyzer server = { -- on_attach is a callback called when the language server attachs to the buffer -- on_attach = on_attach, settings = { -- to enable rust-analyzer settings visit: -- https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/blob/master/docs/user/generated_config.adoc ["rust-analyzer"] = { -- enable clippy on save checkOnSave = { command = "clippy" }, assist = { importGranularity = "module", importPrefix = "self", }, cargo = { loadOutDirsFromCheck = true }, procMacro = { enable = true }, } } },
  • rust-analyzer changelog #130
    2 projects | /r/rust | 23 May 2022
    #12349 publish universal VSIX to make Code happy.

vscode-rust

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-rust. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-24.
  • Pinecone: Rust – A hard decision pays off
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2022
    > it crashes process IDs more often than Justin Bieber crashes Maseratis: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust/issues/890

    So -- this guy used an extension (named Rust) with rust-analyzer, which was known to not work, and it didn't work(!), and the Rust extension author recommends he tries the extension made for rust-analyzer. That extension doesn't have the features he likes (it works for me and has loads of features, so I have no idea what this is about?), and so they close the issue?

    Hardly a case for the ages. Guy uses unsupported config and things don't work?

    > What clangd does is work.

    Don't doubt it. I'm just saying -- I haven't had any problems with the rust-analyzer extension since it became the Rust default. But, yes, I had a few hiccups and crashes beforehand, no doubt. I just have to imagine it's both younger, and doing more/different things than clangd.

  • RLS Deprecation | Rust Blog
    2 projects | /r/rust | 1 Jul 2022
    I know. It's been argued for a long time. But at least if you follow the advice to install RA, it's fine. And if you don't, you won't be able to install RLS anyway, but instead get a helpful message pointing to RA.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #113
    4 projects | /r/rust | 17 Jan 2022
    But the last commit to the Code extension was almost one year ago (an URL update), a pull request for a pretty annoying issue was not merged in more than a year, and the only activity on the issue tracker is people complaining about old issues and sometimes me asking them nicely to try rust-analyzer instead (but only when I'm pretty certain that their issue does not happen in RA).
  • rust-analyzer changelog #102
    5 projects | /r/rust | 8 Nov 2021
    It's been asked before: https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust/issues/927. Basically, rust-analyzer is not (yet?) a rust-lang.org project and it's not even going to be mentioned in the official docs until that happens.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #59
    5 projects | /r/rust | 11 Jan 2021
    Yeah, see e.g. https://github.com/rust-lang/vscode-rust/issues/880.
  • rust-analyzer changelog #56
    3 projects | /r/rust | 21 Dec 2020
    RA will be merged with the vscode-rust extension and aims to replace RLS (tracking issue on the vscode-rust repo).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rust-analyzer and vscode-rust you can also consider the following projects:

Clippy - A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

rust-analyzer - A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs

intellij-rust - Rust plugin for the IntelliJ Platform

syntax-highlighter - Syntax Highlighter extension for Visual Studio Code (VSCode). Based on Tree-sitter.

rustfmt - Format Rust code

vscode-debug-visualizer - An extension for VS Code that visualizes data during debugging.

eglot - A client for Language Server Protocol servers

RocksDB - A library that provides an embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage.

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

vscode-drawio - This unofficial extension integrates Draw.io (also known as diagrams.net) into VS Code.

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

vscode-cpptools - Official repository for the Microsoft C/C++ extension for VS Code.