rust-cross VS pkg

rust-cross, Everything you need to know about cross compiling Rust programs! - Jorge Aparicio

on: push: tags: - 'v*' name: Cross-compile and release jobs: build: name: Build runs-on: ubuntu-latest strategy: matrix: target: # https://github.com/japaric/rust-cross#the-target-triple - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu - x86_64-pc-windows-gnu - wasm32-unknown-emscripten steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v2 - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1 with: toolchain: stable target: ${{ matrix.target }} override: true - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1 with: use-cross: true command: build args: --release --target=${{ matrix.target }} release: name: Release needs: [ build ] runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v2 with: clean: false - uses: nowsprinting/check-version-format-action@v3 id: version with: prefix: 'v' - name: Create release id: new_release uses: actions/create-release@v1 env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} with: tag_name: ${{ github.ref }} release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }} body: | Changes in this release: - First change - Second change draft: false prerelease: false - name: Upload 64-bit Windows build uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1 env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} with: asset_path: target/release/client.exe asset_name: client-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.full }}.exe asset_content_type: application/zip upload_url: ${{ steps.new_release.outputs.upload_url }} - name: Upload 64-bit Linux build uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1 env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} with: asset_path: target/release/client asset_name: client-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.full }} asset_content_type: application/zip upload_url: ${{ steps.new_release.outputs.upload_url }} - name: Upload 32-bit WebAssembly build uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1 env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} with: asset_path: target/release/client.wasm asset_name: client-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.full }}.wasm asset_content_type: application/zip upload_url: ${{ steps.new_release.outputs.upload_url }}

Well, at least that's that easy if what you try to compile don't have C dependencies. For C dependencies, there is cross <https://github.com/japaric/rust-cross> which I had good experiences with.

Oh, this was the first thing that came up: https://github.com/japaric/rust-cross

I don't remember the details, and cannot find my notes on vercel/pkg. But looking at https://github.com/vercel/pkg right now I see the project has been deprecated in favour of single-executable-applications

> Standalone CLI — we haven’t worked on a standalone CLI for the new engine yet, but will absolutely have it before the v4.0 release.

This part is the most exciting to me. Given the rest of the release announcement, I'm assuming this means that it'll be built in Rust rather than embed Node. While I'm not a Rust zealot of anything, I'm very partial to not embedding Node. Particularly when it depends on using Vercel's now-abandoned pkg[1] tool.`

[1] https://github.com/vercel/pkg

The npm package called "pkg" seems to be the standard for packaging NodeJS applications

https://www.npmjs.com/package/pkg

Unfortunately you also need to bundle all your code into a single file for it to work, but you can use any bundler (webpack, parcel, etc) you want at least

Nodejs support for "single executable applications" is getting there - this issue below is preventing wider adoption at the moment:

"The single executable application feature currently only supports running a single embedded script using the CommonJS module system."

https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html

Should be an awesome game changer for node.js when the feature gets rounded out.

Also check out vercel's `pkg`: https://github.com/vercel/pkg/issues/1291

Yes, you can. Check out pkg for a fun option, which can package up your project and Node.js into a single executable.

Further, you could experiment with the pkg tool that allows you to package up Node JS, your source, and your dependencies into one single executable for easy distribution.

package the app using https://github.com/vercel/pkg and use a smaller base image like alpine, busybox or even scratch (if possible)

Check this thread: https://github.com/vercel/pkg/issues/1685