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To cross compiling a rust program for windows, run the following in a fresh directory:

nix flake init -t github:ipetkov/crane#cross-windows

Alternatively, if you have an existing project already, copy and paste the following flake.nix:

{ description = "Cross compiling a rust program for windows"; inputs = { nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable"; crane.url = "github:ipetkov/crane"; flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils"; rust-overlay = { url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay"; inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; }; outputs = { nixpkgs, crane, flake-utils, rust-overlay, ... }: flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem ( system: let pkgs = import nixpkgs { overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ]; localSystem = system; crossSystem = { config = "x86_64-w64-mingw32"; libc = "msvcrt"; }; }; craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain ( p: p.rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override { targets = [ "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu" ]; } ); my-crate = craneLib.buildPackage { src = craneLib.cleanCargoSource ./.; strictDeps = true; }; in { packages = { inherit my-crate; default = my-crate; }; checks = { inherit my-crate; }; } ); }