# 🚀 [NEAR Rust SDK 5.0](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-rs) is out now The highlights of the long anticipated release can be found here: https://github.com/near/near-sdk-rs/releases/tag/near-sdk-v5.0.0 Willing to dig in? Check out the changelog here https://github.com/near/near-sdk-rs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md The best way to develop NEAR contracts in Rust is by using [cargo-near CLI](https://github.com/near/cargo-near). It provides a convenient way to create, build, test and deploy contracts! You can get full working environment in less than a minute, thanks to the [NEAR DevContainers](https://github.com/near/near-devcontainers) and the [cargo-near Project Template]( https://github.com/near/cargo-near-new-project-template)