# Rust on Espressif chips -- 18-10-2021

DevFeed: [Rust on Espressif chips -- 18-10-2021](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rust-on-espressif-chips-18-10-2021-13951.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/rust-on-espressif-chips-10-01-2022/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2021-10-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [Espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/espressif.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [ESP-IDF](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp-idf.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [RISC-V](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/riscv.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/toolchain.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

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## AI overview

This article updates the Rust effort for Espressif chips. It discusses documentation and onboarding plans, a book and GitHub roadmap, Rust standard library support through esp-idf, RISC-V and Xtensa toolchain requirements, and prebuilt toolchains and compiler testing.

## Source excerpt

This article was written by Scott Mabin and originally posted on his blog. Now I am working at Espressif I plan on publishing updates roughly every quarter just to keep the community in the loop around the esp rust effort. Documentation & Planning# One of the hardest parts in any community project is onboarding new developers, especially in the early stages of a project where API's, processes and tooling is changing rapidly; it can be frustrating to work on something one week, and in the next...