(I'm assuming crosscompiling then running on Linux, not bare-metal (but that also should be possible)) Not a big project, but I've run simple HTTP server on one. To be honest, with Rust it mostly just: rustup target add arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf cargo build --target arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf You might need to adjust target, depending on which Raspberry Pi version you're using. In my case, because I've fairly old one (RPi 1 B+), I had to additionally download gcc toolchain (for linking) from arm's website, as the one from distro didn't support armv6. Answer from Shadow0133 on reddit.com
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r/rust on Reddit: Has anyone programmed a Raspberry Pi with Rust?
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If you’ve worked on any projects using Rust and a Raspberry Pi I would be interested to hear your story.
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Cross-compiling to Raspberry PI is easy, and works great. Compiling on a Raspberry PI is rather painful due to long compile times.
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(I'm assuming crosscompiling then running on Linux, not bare-metal (but that also should be possible)) Not a big project, but I've run simple HTTP server on one. To be honest, with Rust it mostly just:
rustup target add arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf
cargo build --target arm-unknown-linux-musleabihfYou might need to adjust target, depending on which Raspberry Pi version you're using.
In my case, because I've fairly old one (RPi 1 B+), I had to additionally download gcc toolchain (for linking) from arm's website, as the one from distro didn't support armv6.
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GitHub - rust-embedded/rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials: :books: Learn to write an embedded OS in Rust :crab: · GitHub
All that we need for cross-compiling from an x86 host to the Raspberry Pi's AArch64 architecture will be automatically installed by rustup. However, besides the Rust compiler, we will use some more tools.
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Been tinkering with it, but I have done no projects in Rust. I love how fast it compiles compared to that C/C++ GCC stuff Go, Rust and Pony are the top need to learn languages on my list, D recently got added. I prefer any of these over C++ These all work in Gentoo64 which is my main Pi dev OS ... More on raspberrypi.org
How does rust perform on a raspberry pi 3?
Rust binaries run just fine on Raspberry Pi — roughly the same as C/C++, because the compiled code is comparable in size and level of optimization. I'm happily running my Rust code on a Raspberry Pi 3B+, but I cross-compile everything on my laptop and then copy it over to the Pi. I didn't even bother installing the Rust compiler toolchain on the Pi itself because I strongly suspect that even if it didn't simply OOM, then the compile times would drive me insane. :) EDIT: If you search the web for things like "cross compile rust raspberry pi" you'll find some things to point you in the right direction, should you choose to explore it. If you try what you find and don't get any joy, I'll be happy to dig up my Dockerfiles etc. that I've used to get the job done, in case they might be of some use. More on reddit.com
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That's cool. Do you know if it is easy to take advantage of all 4 cores? (Does the Rust compiler have support for that?) More on reddit.com
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This may not be directly applicable to your situation, but when I'm building my project locally on my pi, I pass the -j 1 flag to cargo build to avoid OOM. The flag makes rustc only do one build job a time, reducing peak memory usage. More on reddit.com
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Program the real world using Rust on Raspberry Pi | Opensource.com
March 16, 2019 - I recommend installing Rust on your Raspberry Pi using rustup. Alternatively, you can set up a cross-compilation environment using cross (which works only on an x86_64 Linux host) or this how-to. After you've installed Rust, create a new Rust project by entering:
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Develop embedded firmware for Pico using Rust or Zephyr with pico-vscode - Raspberry Pi
October 29, 2025 - The Zephyr Project team and all the contributors who helped integrate and refine Pico support within Zephyr — your work made this collaboration possible · The rp-rs developers and organisation — for building and maintaining excellent hardware abstraction layers (HALs) and tools for Raspberry Pi microcontrollers · The Rust Embedded Working Group — for laying the groundwork that makes Rust a great fit for resource-constrained and embedded environments
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November 28, 2021 - It’s time to produce yet another version of my original Raspberry Pi / Low Voltage Labs traffic lights Python article. This time, let’s try it with Rust - a compiled language with syntax similar to C++, and which was originally designed at Mozilla.
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Anyone using Rust on a PI ? - Raspberry Pi Forums
I would call that a pretty serious project. There is also a baremetal version somewhere. https://github.com/rust-embedded/rust-r ... -tutorials Is it currently just a one man band effort? Rust embedded works for smaller Arm's so should work on the single core Pi's.
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How to Program a Raspberry Pi Pico with Rust — Alex Wilson
How to configure GPIO pins on the ... using Rust. Configure pins on the Raspberry Pi Pico to handle incoming signals from devices in the field, specifically button presses in this instance. What is GPIO? What kinds of GPIO can the Raspberry Pi Pico handle? And How to use these GPIO respectively in a given project...
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Embedded Rust Programming on Raspberry Pi Zero W
June 9, 2022 - my-pc:~ $ git clone https://gi...m2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc" Start by creating a new Rust project, and opening the main.rs file in your favourite text editor:...
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July 7, 2018 - The library provides a simple interface to control GPIO devices with a Raspberry Pi. Following this, recently ported the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Physical Computing with Python3 guide for Rust. After going through The Rust Programming language book, I decided to work on a side project to ...
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August 29, 2025 - A tool for manipulating memory mapped registers on RaspberryPi(and other platforms). It's written in Rust and the code is available under the MIT License on GitHub.
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How to Develop a Minimal OS for Raspberry Pi 3 in Rust | Apriorit
October 10, 2025 - Our project includes the development of a no_std binary, driver abstractions, and I/O operations that make a Raspberry Pi 3 echo user input. Using Rust, a Raspberry Pi 3, and ready-made GPIO and UART registers allowed us to speed up development.
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r/rust on Reddit: How does rust perform on a raspberry pi 3?
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I tried posting this in r/raspberry_pi but didn't get any bites.
Does anyone know how rust binaries / the rust compiler performs on a raspberry pi 3? My poor old crappy desktop rig doesn't seem to mind compiling too much, but I just want to make sure it's worth installing on the pi to play with before I do so.
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Rust binaries run just fine on Raspberry Pi — roughly the same as C/C++, because the compiled code is comparable in size and level of optimization. I'm happily running my Rust code on a Raspberry Pi 3B+, but I cross-compile everything on my laptop and then copy it over to the Pi. I didn't even bother installing the Rust compiler toolchain on the Pi itself because I strongly suspect that even if it didn't simply OOM, then the compile times would drive me insane. :) EDIT: If you search the web for things like "cross compile rust raspberry pi" you'll find some things to point you in the right direction, should you choose to explore it. If you try what you find and don't get any joy, I'll be happy to dig up my Dockerfiles etc. that I've used to get the job done, in case they might be of some use.
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Its pretty decent on a PI. When it compiles it uses all the cores and keeps pretty constant memory usage, unlike haskell which can demand gigabytes of memory during compilation. My experience in developing haskell on the pi is what drove me to rust in the first place - back then cross compiling with haskell was less developed than now. I found that initial compile of my web server took about 20 minutes (compiling all the dependencies), with incremental compilation after that being fast enough for development.
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Using Rust to Control a Raspberry Pi Zero W Rover | Disconnected Systems
You can compile it natively and run it locally with to ensure rust is installed correctly. cargo run # Compiling rpizw-rover v0.1.0 (file:///home/mdaffin/projects/test) # Finished debug [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.38 secs # Running `target/debug/rpizw-rover` # Hello World! And cross compile and upload it to then run it on the pi with.
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How to Get Started With Rust on Raspberry Pi
September 4, 2019 - Anyone who has coded in JavaScript or Ruby will likely find this familiar. Project information, build instructions, and dependencies are all listed in this file. Packages are called Crates in Rust, and we'll be using one later to access the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins.
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Compile Rust for Raspberry Pi ARM | by Tiziano Santoro | The Startup | Medium
October 17, 2020 - In this article we will build a simple HTTP server application in Rust, cross-compile it for the Raspberry Pi ARM architecture, deploy it to a Raspberry Pi board over a network connection, and install it as a persistent service so that it restarts ...
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Tool to cross compile and upload rust projects to a Raspberry Pi. - doggodoge/rust2pi
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Rust on RP2350 - Raspberry Pi
September 6, 2024 - Jonathan Pallant tells us about the exciting work on the Rust programming language on embedded platforms RP2040 and, now, our new chip RP2350.
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Top 22 Rust Raspberry Pi Projects | LibHunt
Which are the best open-source Raspberry Pi projects in Rust? This list will help you: rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials, xplr, endbasic, vod2pod-rss, houseflow, pisugar-power-manager-rs, and minidsp-rs.