Hi Rust Foundation readers! As two of the long-time co-organizers of the Rust Devroom at FOSDEM, we wanted to share a brief look at this year’s event, along with a bit of history and a few personal takeaways in this guest blog.  About FOSDEM & the 2026 Rust Devroom The…

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FOSDEM 2026's Rust Devroom featured 16 talks covering embedded systems, game development, and server-side applications, marking 10 years of Rust presence at the event. The organizers note a shift from talks about Rust's potential to real-world adoption stories, with projects increasingly replacing components with Rust to address bugs, performance, and stability issues. The devroom attracted hundreds of attendees in a 500+ seat venue, reflecting Rust's growing integration across the open source ecosystem.

Guest Blog: FOSDEM 2026 — Rust Devroom in Review

Talks, Proposals, and the Reality of Limited Time