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    esp-rs/esp-hal

    no_std Hardware Abstraction Layers for ESP32 microcontrollers

    backend
    embedded
    embedded-hal
    esp32
    rust
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    2.2K stars
    538 forks
    27 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 9 days ago, with 215 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides no_std hardware abstraction layers for various ESP32 microcontrollers in Rust.
    • Enables safe, efficient, and idiomatic Rust development on Espressif devices without relying on standard libraries.
    • Use for developing bare-metal embedded applications on ESP32 and its variants with Rust's safety guarantees.
    • Use for programming low-power RISC-V cores on ESP32-C6, ESP32-S2, and ESP32-S3 using the esp-lp-hal package.
    • Use for integrating Rust-based embedded solutions in resource-constrained IoT devices requiring fine hardware control.

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    From the README

    Bare-metal (no_std) hardware abstraction layer for Espressif devices. Currently supports, to varying degrees, the following devices:

    Additionally provides limited support for programming the low-power RISC-V cores found on the ESP32-C6, ESP32-S2, and ESP32-S3 via the esp-lp-hal package.

    For additional information regarding any of the crates in this repository, please refer to the relevant crate's README.md file. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please open an issue, start a new discussion, or join us on Matrix.

    If you are currently using (or considering using) esp-hal in a production environment and have any feedback or require support, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].

    For information relating to the development of Rust applications on ESP devices, please first read The Rust on ESP Book.

    For information about the HAL and how to use it in your own projects, please refer to the documentation.

    When browsing the examples, we recommend viewing the tag for the esp-hal release you are using to ensure compatibility, e.g. esp-hal-v1.0.0-beta.0, as the main branch is used for development and APIs may have changed in the meantime.

    Excerpt from the esp-rs/esp-hal README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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