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LangChain for Rust offers an easier way to integrate LLM-based programming in Rust, focusing on compatibility with OpenAI models and a structured approach via chains.
Good fit when
- You are working within the Rust ecosystem and seek integration of language modeling capabilities through simple chain configurations.
- Your project benefits from direct and guided prompt templates for better formatting and more predictable LLM responses.
Avoid when
- If your primary development is in a language that does not align with Rust's performance characteristics or syntactic advantages.
- When you do not require specific configurations through chains or structured prompts, as LangChain-Rust places emphasis on these aspects.
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Overview
Easiest way to write LLM-based programs in Rust
Capability facts
- Languages
- rust
Source: github.language · Aug 8, 2026
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Installation
This library heavily relies on serde_json for its operation.
Quick Start Conversational Chain
use langchain_rust::{
chain::{Chain, LLMChainBuilder},
fmt_message, fmt_placeholder, fmt_template,
language_models::llm::LLM,
llm::openai::{OpenAI, OpenAIModel},
message_formatter,
prompt::HumanMessagePromptTemplate,
prompt_args,
schemas::messages::Message,
template_fstring,
};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
//We can then initialize the model:
// If you'd prefer not to set an environment variable you can pass the key in directly via the `openai_api_key` named parameter when initiating the OpenAI LLM class:
// let open_ai = OpenAI::default()
// .with_config(
// OpenAIConfig::default()
// .with_api_key("<your_key>"),
// ).with_model(OpenAIModel::Gpt4oMini.to_string());
let open_ai = OpenAI::default().with_model(OpenAIModel::Gpt4oMini.to_string());
//Once you've installed and initialized the LLM of your choice, we can try using it! Let's ask it what LangSmith is - this is something that wasn't present in the training data so it shouldn't have a very good response.
let resp = open_ai.invoke("What is rust").await.unwrap();
println!("{}", resp);
// We can also guide it's response with a prompt template. Prompt templates are used to convert raw user input to a better input to the LLM.
let prompt = message_formatter![
fmt_message!(Message::new_system_message(
"You are world class technical documentation writer."
)),
fmt_template!(HumanMessagePromptTemplate::new(template_fstring!(
"{input}", "input"
)))
];
//We can now combine these into a simple LLM chain:
let chain = LLMChainBuilder::new()
.prompt(prompt)
.llm(open_ai.clone())
.build()
.unwrap();
//We can now invoke it and ask the same question. It still won't know the answer, but it should respond in a more proper tone for a technical writer!
match chain
.invoke(prompt_args! {
"input" => "Quien es el escritor de 20000 millas de viaje submarino",
})
.await
{
Ok(result) => {
println!("Result: {:?}", result);
}
Err(e) => panic!("Error invoking LLMChain: {:?}", e),
}
//If you want to prompt to have a list of messages you could use the `fmt_placeholder` macro
let prompt = message_formatter![
fmt_message!(Message::new_system_message(
"You are world class technical documentation writer."
)),
fmt_placeholder!("history"),
fmt_template!(HumanMessagePromptTemplate::new(template_fstring!(
"{input}", "input"
))),
];
let chain = LLMChainBuilder::new()
.prompt(prompt)
.llm(open_ai)
.build()
.unwrap();
match chain
.invoke(prompt_args! {
"input" => "Who is the writer of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and what is my name?",
"history" => vec![
Message::new_human_message("My name is: luis"),
Message::new_ai_message("Hi luis"),
],
})
.await
{
Ok(result) => {
println!("Result: {:?}", result);
}
Err(e) => panic!("Error invoking LLMChain: {:?}", e),
}
}
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