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Submit to This Week in Rust
The Rust community's weekly newsletter with project updates, articles, crate spotlights and calls for participation. Its readers are Rust developers. Anyone can propose content by opening a pull request against the next issue's draft on GitHub.
This Week in Rust at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Web archive issue https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/09/16/this-week-in-rust-669/ links to featured articles (e.g. rust-trends.com) with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR69
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #743,953
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Rust developers and contributors
- Last checked
How to submit to This Week in Rust
Open the This Week in Rust submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
This Week in Rust asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse This Week in Rust (Rust developers and contributors), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for This Week in Rust
- Propose content by opening a pull request that edits the relevant section of the draft in the drafts folder of the GitHub repo.
- Rants and anything that breaks the Rust Code of Conduct are rejected; the maintainers prefer constructive write-ups.
- They care that submitted articles were written by people, and they don't accept articles gated behind an email capture.
From This Week in Rust’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for newsletters that feature tools.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- A two-sentence pitch written for that newsletter’s readers, not a press release
- One concrete detail an editor can quote: a feature, a number from your own product or a use case
- A short link to the exact page you want readers to land on
- A budget and date range, if you’re considering a sponsored slot
Is This Week in Rust worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
This Week in Rust reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 69 (strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #743,953: a smaller site, near the end of the top 1 million.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about This Week in Rust
Is This Week in Rust free?
Yes. Listing on This Week in Rust is free. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does This Week in Rust give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Web archive issue https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/09/16/this-week-in-rust-669/ links to featured articles (e.g. rust-trends.com) with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to This Week in Rust?
Submit at https://github.com/rust-lang/this-week-in-rust. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Propose content by opening a pull request that edits the relevant section of the draft in the drafts folder of the GitHub repo.
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Sources
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