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We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to rust-lang/rustlings to say how often they are merged. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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Last GitHub push
Oct 26, 2026
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  3. Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • Clarify emoji complexity in the characters (char) exercise
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 90/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2453 · 1 comment ·

  • "c:check all" causes clippy3 crash
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2447 · 6 comments ·

  • Proposal: German (Deutsch) translation for Community Exercises
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    rust-lang/rustlings#2445 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee ·

  • Exercices might follow the official Rust book order
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2340 · 2 comments · 13 reactions ·

  • Feature Request: File I/O Exercises in Rustlings
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2233 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Confusion about as_ref_mut
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2199 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Teach nested pattern matching in a new exercise
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2150 · 1 comment ·

  • enums3 feedback
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2127 · 3 comments ·

  • Rework Rc exercise
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement P-high

    rust-lang/rustlings#2083 · 4 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Checking an exercise takes too long
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    S-blocked

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2071 · 14 comments ·

  • Would it make sense to add an additional exercise to move_semantics?
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2063 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Async exercises
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise P-low

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2040 · 7 comments · 6 reactions ·

  • options2: unclear what to do and why
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement P-low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1990 · 5 comments · 5 reactions ·

  • Swap `strings` and `modules` sections
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement P-low

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 76/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1937 · 3 comments ·

  • quiz 4+
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise P-low

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1764 · 2 comments · 12 reactions ·

  • variables5 is confusing
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement P-medium

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1713 · 6 comments · 4 reactions ·

  • The smart_pointers section is too big
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1701 · 2 comments · 5 reactions ·

  • Hints to add offline documentation suggestions
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1501 · 9 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • [exersizes/conversions/as_ref_mut.rs] Why should I want to use AsRef / AsMut
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1350 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Instructions not clear for: `modules/modules2.rs`
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 48/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1346 · 5 comments ·

  • Exercises with Modules
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise P-medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1143 · 3 comments ·

  • Suggestion: ok_or + and_then exercises
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise P-low

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#887 · 2 comments · 3 reactions ·

  • iterators3 tests dont check if errors are returned correctly
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-enhancement P-medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2207 · 4 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Threads2 wrong solution possible
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2200 · 1 comment ·

  • `--base-url` option for rust-book link?
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-source C-feature-request P-medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#2165 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·

  • Closures
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise P-medium

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#1746 · 8 comments · 2 reactions ·

  • Stdio, Read, Write and Files
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    A-exercises C-new-exercise

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    rust-lang/rustlings#482 · 12 comments · 1 reaction ·

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