Rust Action Builder

Rust builder for Action on Linux.

Can be used for self-hosted runners on Linux.

Environments

• Debian >= 12
• Node.js >= 24
• Rust >= 1.89

Supported targets

Windows

• x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm
• aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm

Linux

• x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
• x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
• aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
• aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
• armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf

macOS

• x86_64-apple-darwin
• aarch64-apple-darwin

Example

Just specify jobs.<job_id>.container.image as android99/rust-action-builder.

name: Build

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch: {}

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build ${{ matrix.os }} Platform
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: android99/rust-action-builder
    env:
      TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
      BINARY: ${{ matrix.binary }}

    strategy:
      matrix:
        fail-fast: false
        include:
          - os: Windows
            target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm
            binary: app.exe
            artifact: app-windows-x86_64

          - os: Linux
            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
            binary: app
            artifact: app-linux-x86_64

          - os: macOS
            target: universal-apple-darwin
            binary: app
            artifact: app-macos-universal

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: Rust Cache
        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2

      - name: Build Binary
        run: |
          if [ "$TARGET" = universal-apple-darwin ]; then
            cargo build -r --target x86_64-apple-darwin --target aarch64-apple-darwin
            mkdir -p "target/$TARGET/release"
            lipo -create \
              "target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/$BINARY" \
              "target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/$BINARY" \
              -output "target/$TARGET/release/$BINARY"
          else
            cargo build -r --target "$TARGET"
          fi

      - name: Upload Artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
        with:
          name: ${{ matrix.artifact }}
          path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${{ matrix.binary }}
          if-no-files-found: error

Acknowledgements

• joseluisq/rust-linux-darwin-builder
• mstorsjo/llvm-mingw