Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

It's more than it sounds like.

As you can see from the breakdown someone posted [0], almost two-thirds of the Firefox codebase is HTML / JavaScript / Python (for tests) / assembly / Java (for Android), none of which is a candidate for being rewritten in Rust to begin with.

If you just look at the portion written in native system languages, Rust is slightly more than 1/3 of that code already and still climbing.

[0] https://4e6.github.io/firefox-lang-stats/



Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: