# crustc

8 Hacker News commenters recommended crustc and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Translates the Rust compiler into C for porting to C-only targets. Critics say the generated C is more artifact than source.

## Why people recommend it

- Eases porting and bootstrapping the Rust compiler (2 comments): "It makes sense as a porting tool, if you need to port the Rust compiler to some target that has a C compiler." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771296)) "could drastically shrink down the efforts needed to get a working rust compiler in a bootstrappable manner" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768891))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "crustc", https://hackerapproved.com/p/crustc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).