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 ### Espressif
 
-- [`esp8266-hal`](https://github.com/emosenkis/esp8266-hal) ![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/esp8266-hal.svg) (not supported by rustc, so must be built with [mrustc](https://github.com/thepowersgang/mrustc), typically via the [esp-rs](https://github.com/emosenkis/esp-rs) build script)
 - [`rust-xtensa`](https://github.com/MabezDev/rust-xtensa)
   - rust fork enables projects to be built for the ESP32 and ESP8266. ([quick start repo](https://github.com/MabezDev/xtensa-rust-quickstart)).