# Eurydice

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Eurydice and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free Rust to C compiler that outputs readable C and can link shared and static executables. Main caveat: it adds an extra translation step to deal with.

## Why people recommend it

- Cool, useful project (2 comments): "Cool, loved this! These tools would be needed in the near future to manage the tech debt safe rust is compounding." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46180109)) "The project itself is cool and useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46180841))
- Useful for bootstrapping Rust compiler (2 comments): "this sounds great for a full source bootstrap of the rust compiler" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50030431)) "This link is also a brilliant intro to Eurydice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50032365))

## What people warn about

- Adds an extra translation step (1 comments): "It's still not great as you now have an additional translation step to deal with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46180031))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [T-Ruby](https://hackerapproved.com/p/t-ruby.md): 11 recommend
- [crustc](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crustc.md): 8 recommend
- [Scala.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scala-js.md): 7 recommend
- [TeaVM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/teavm.md): 7 recommend
- [C2Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/c2rust.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

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