--- title: Rust is quietly taking over... | daily.dev description: Rust's influence is growing far beyond its market share. Two major case studies illustrate this: Ladybird browser rewrote parts of its JavaScript engine from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-quietly-taking-over--zthwx16cg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rust is quietly taking over... | daily.dev og:description: Rust's influence is growing far beyond its market share. Two major case studies illustrate this: Ladybird browser rewrote parts of its JavaScript engine from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-quietly-taking-over--zthwx16cg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zthWx16cg.png og:image:alt: Rust is quietly taking over... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rust is quietly taking over... **[Awesome](https://daily.dev/sources/awesome-coding)** · 8 min read · 40 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Rust's influence is growing far beyond its market share. Two major case studies illustrate this: Ladybird browser rewrote parts of its JavaScript engine from C++ to Rust using LLM-assisted translation (25,000 lines in ~2 weeks, zero regressions across 60,000+ tests), and WhatsApp replaced a 160,000-line C++ media library with ~90,000 lines of Rust, now deployed to billions of devices across Android, iOS, and more. Both cases highlight Rust's value at high-risk security boundaries. However, a counterpoint is raised via the 'Farewell Rust' blog post: Rust is poorly suited for web development due to slow feedback loops, template ergonomics, and dynamic SQL friction. The takeaway is that Rust excels as a containment layer for systems-level, security-critical code, but is not a universal solution. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@n0body** · 0 upvotes > Rust is not great for web tho **@ambi\_dex** · 0 upvotes > This is interesting and I was wondering how Rust would be for web development. I have heard that it is THE language for systems, security and really anything that NEEDS to be right and move at a Ricky Bobby pace. I may have to check Rust out in the future... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Best Rust business applications in the real world](https://daily.dev/posts/best-rust-business-applications-in-the-real-world-tozm87rta) · Serokell · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rust is a disappointment](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-a-disappointment-stnsaxzae) · Hacker News · 26 upvotes · 9 comments - [Rust VS C\+\+ Comparison for 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-vs-c-comparison-for-2026-ud1vahdum) · JetBrains · 4 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-quietly-taking-over--zthwx16cg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Rust is quietly taking over...","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-quietly-taking-over--zthwx16cg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rust-is-quietly-taking-over--zthwx16cg"},"datePublished":"2026-03-04T10:09:41.123Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:30:29.333Z","description":"Rust's influence is growing far beyond its market share. 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