# addRustApp

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Rust](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.rust.md)
- Version: `13.6.0-preview.1.26478.8`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/tree/f4c27f2d43ddc1cacd0dd083b30d1fea1cee7a62)

Adds a Rust application to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addRustApp(
    name: string,
    appDirectory: string): RustAppResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `appDirectory` (`string`)

## Returns

[RustAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.rust/rustappresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.rust/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)