Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases into Safe Rust
Canonical is partnering with the University of Bristol to develop a neurosymbolic platform for automatically translating large C codebases into Rust. The project aims to solve the technical debt and safety issues inherent in legacy C software.
Why it matters
Automating the migration of critical infrastructure from C to Rust could significantly improve software security and reduce vulnerabilities in global operating systems.
Linux & Open Source News Software Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases Into Safe Rust Canonical Backs New Project to Translate Large C Codebases Into Safe Rust Canonical is funding research into automated C-to-Rust translation, with AppArmor and snap-confine serving as real-world case studies.
Canonical is supporting a new three-year research project to make it practical to automatically move large, mature software projects from C to Rust. The project is a partnership between Canonical and the University of Bristol in the UK, and the work is set to start later in 2026.
The main goal is to build a complete platform that can translate large code repositories, sometimes with hundreds of thousands of lines of C, into safe, reliable, and maintainable Rust.
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