Trust Rust IDE
Shares rank 29 of 56 text editors by recommenders
A free, retro blue-screen IDE for writing Rust, appealing for its nostalgia and novelty. Its debugger is not implemented yet, and a few modern features are missing.
A free, retro blue-screen IDE for writing Rust, appealing for its nostalgia and novelty. Its debugger is not implemented yet, and a few modern features are missing.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 12 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgic retro look and feel
“Absolutely applaud this project - it's completely tugged on the retro nostalgia strings”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” “Rust deserves a blue-screen IDE from the olden days and someone had to do this”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” “I like it. I will posdibly use it just for the nostalgia.”
Comment from 9 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” Novel idea for Rust developers
“Rust deserves a blue-screen IDE from the olden days and someone had to do this”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989” “unsafe-only Rust ... good idea!”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Trust – Coding Rust like it's 1989”
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| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| Trust Rust IDEThis page | 12 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I like it. I will posdibly use it just for the nostalgia.”
“doesn't yet have a debugger UI; selecting the "Debug" menu item produces a "not implemented yet" error”
“unsafe-only Rust ... good idea!”
“if a few modern features added to this and I would probably try it.”
“Absolutely applaud this project - it's completely tugged on the retro nostalgia strings”
“the experience looks pretty nice”
“Rust deserves a blue-screen IDE from the olden days and someone had to do this”
“Fukuyama (Trust) or Putnam (Bowling Alone) might be a good place to start”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.