pspsdk 0.0.1

#![no_std]
#![no_main]

pspsdk::module!("ExampleModule", 1, 0);

fn psp_main() {
    pspsdk::println!("Hello PSP from rust!");
    pspsdk::dprintln!("Hello PSP from rust!");
}

What about rust-psp?

This project is a new Rust SDK for PSP, architected from scratch, but some bits and pieces from rust-sdk were used with some modifications to catalise the initial process to minimum working project.

What about PSPSDK?

This project is a completely new SDK, with no dependency on the original C/C++ PSPSDK. Like rust-psp, it aims to be a complete replacement, with more efficient implementations of graphics functions, and the addition of missing libraries, but also having a more type-safe FFI and high-level abstraction.

Features / Roadmap

• core support
• alloc support
• panic = "unwind" support
• PSP system library support
• No dependency on PSPSDK / PSPToolchain
• Add support for creating kernel mode modules
• Add support to export functions and static variables
• Macro-based VFPU assembler
• Full 3D graphics support
• Reach full parity with user mode support in PSPSDK
• Reach full parity with kernel mode support in PSPSDK
• Automatically sign EBOOT.PBP files to run on unmodified PSPs
• Implement / reverse undiscovered libraries
• Add std support

Dependencies

To compile for the PSP, you will need a Rust nightly version equal to or later than 2026-06-30 and the rust-src component. Please install Rust using https://rustup.rs/

Use the following if you are new to Rust. (Feel free to set an override manually per-project instead).

$ rustup default nightly && rustup component add rust-src

You also need cargo-pspbuild installed:

$ cargo install cargo-pspbuild

Usage

To use the pspsdk crate in your own Rust programs, add it to Cargo.toml like any other dependency:

[dependencies]
pspsdk = "x.y.z"

In your main.rs file, you need to setup a basic skeleton like so:

#![no_std]
#![no_main]

// Create a module named "sample_module" with version 1.0
pspsdk::module!("sample_module", 1, 0);

fn psp_main() {
    pspsdk::dprintln!("Hello PSP from rust!");
}

Now you can simply run cargo pspbuild to build your project; by default, it builds a EBOOT.PBP file. You can also invoke cargo pspbuild --release to create a release build.

You can further configure your PSP project by creating a Psp.toml file in the root of your project. Once created, the [project] section and kind configuration option are mandatory

If you would like to customize your EBOOT with e.g. an icon or new title, you can add a [project.pbp] section on your Psp.toml file. Note that all [project.pbp] keys are optional:

[project]
kind = "EBOOT"

[project.pbp]
title = "XMB title"
xmb_icon_png = "path/to/24bit_144x80_image.png"
xmb_background_png = "path/to/24bit_480x272_background.png"
xmb_music_at3 = "path/to/ATRAC3_audio.at3"

More options can be found in the schema definition here.

error[E0460]: found possibly newer version of crate ...

If you get an error like this:

error[E0460]: found possibly newer version of crate `panic_unwind` which `pspsdk` depends on
 --> src/main.rs:4:5
  |
4 | use pspsdk::dprintln;
  |     ^^^^^^
  |
  = note: perhaps that crate needs to be recompiled?

Simply clean your target directory and it will be fixed:

$ cargo clean