Rust's development is sponsored by Mozilla, which employs several people to work on the language. These individuals are sometimes known as the "core team".
| Name | IRC | GitHub | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Crichton | acrichto | alexcrichton | acrichton@mozilla.com |
| Brian Anderson | brson | brson | banderson@mozilla.com |
| Felix Klock | pnkfelix | pnkfelix | pnkfelix@mozilla.com |
| Niko Matsakis | nmatsakis | nikomatsakis | nmatsakis@mozilla.com |
| Patrick Walton | pcwaltont | pcwalton | pcwalton@mozilla.com |
| Tim Chevalier | tjc | catamorphism | tchevalier@mozilla.com |