johnthagen/min-sized-rust

Features

• Binary Size Reduction - Implements various techniques to minimize the final executable size through release profiles and symbol stripping.
• Binary Footprint Optimizers - Provides a comprehensive set of compiler flags and configurations to prioritize minimal binary footprint over execution speed.
• Standard Libraries - Provides techniques to strip the standard library or restrict formatting utilities to achieve minimal binary size.
• Standard Library Optimizations - Provides instructions for recompiling the standard library from source to prune unused functions and reduce binary size.
• Debug Symbol Configurators - Sets up a pipeline to remove debug metadata and non-essential symbols from the binary after compilation.
• Symbol Stripping - Details techniques for stripping debug symbols and metadata to reclaim storage space in the final binary.
• Debug Symbol Stripping - Provides methods to remove non-essential symbol information from compiled binaries to reduce file size.
• Binary Bloat Analysis - Enables identification of functions, generic instantiations, and dependencies that contribute most to executable size.
• No-Std Environment Adapters - Guides the creation of lightweight runtimes by removing standard library dependencies for memory-constrained environments.
• Binary Size Optimizations - Provides comprehensive configurations and flags to reduce the size of compiled Rust executables.
• Binary Bloat Analyzers - Provides methods for analyzing binary bloat and identifying the specific functions or dependencies that increase executable size.
• Standard Library Size Optimizations - Offers strategies to compile the base library from source with aggressive size-focused optimizations.
• Compilation Optimization Guides - Provides instructions for optimizing the standard library and link-time optimization to minimize bloat.
• No-Standard-Library Modes - Provides a guide for building lightweight runtimes by entirely removing the Rust standard library.
• Custom Standard Library Builds - Provides instructions for recompiling the standard library from source to prune unused functions and reduce binary size.
• Link-Time Optimizations - Uses link-time optimization to analyze and remove dead code across compilation units to minimize binary size.
• Debug Metadata Removal - Details how to strip file locations and formatting functions to reclaim space used by traceback information.
• Usage Constraints - Instructs how to avoid formatting code or substitute the base library with a minimal environment to decrease size.
• Panic Handlers - Reduces binary size by replacing stack unwinding with immediate aborts and stripping formatting details.
• Binary Bloat Analysis - Identifies which dependencies or functions increase final binary size to target specific areas for reduction.
• Image Slimming - Offers strategies for using specialized base images and slimming tools to reduce the footprint of deployed applications.
• Container Image Optimizers - Provides guidance on using minification tools and minimal base images to shrink deployment footprints.
• Executable Compression Tools - Utilizes external packing tools to compress compiled binaries and reduce their total disk footprint.
• Program Entry Points - Provides techniques to eliminate standard library boot-up sequences and runtime overhead at the program entry point.
• Embedded Rust - Supports building minimal Rust programs for bare-metal and memory-constrained environments.
• Panic Strategy Configurations - Implements an abort-on-panic strategy to eliminate the binary bloat caused by stack unwinding and backtrace metadata.

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