Today, May 15, 2025, marks 10 years since the first stable release of the Rust programming language 🎉 To commemorate this special day, we asked Karen Tölva (the original creator of Rust's mascot, Ferris the crab) to design a celebratory graphic and answer a few questions about how Ferris came to be. Check out her Q&A in our latest blog.

Congrats to the MANY people who have contributed to the success of Rust so far. Cheers to the next 10 years! 🦀 https://rustfoundation.org/media/celebrating-rusts-birthday-with-karen-tolva-creator-of-ferris-the-rustacean/

Celebrating Rust’s Birthday with Karen Tölva: Creator of Ferris the Rustacean! - The Rust Foundation

Today marks 10 years since the first stable release of the Rust programming language! To commemorate this special anniversary, the Rust Foundation recently commissioned a celebratory graphic from Karen Rustad Tölva: the original graphic designer of the Rust language’s beloved mascot, Ferris the crab. We hope this illustration of Ferris…

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@rustfoundation #AltText cartoony drawing of Ferris, Rust's crab mascot, cheering and throwing confetti in the air. Image titled "Happy 10th birthday, Rust 1.0!". Drawn by Karen Rustad Tölva.
@rustfoundation I wonder if I'm the only one who got a Ferris tattoo. 🤔