A Small Update On TinyGo
Gophercon.EU 2025 Edition
Ron Evans - @deadprogram
Ron Evans (@deadprogram)
Technologist For Hire
Technologist For Hire
hybridgroup.com
Software that makes your hardware work
tinygo.org
Go compiler for small places
Current stats
16k+ stars
950+ forks
250+ contributors
Over 125 different boards supported
Over 120 different sensors/displays/wireless devices/actuators supported
TinyGo Release 0.38 Highlights
Multicore in hardware
USB Mass Storage Device (MSD)
WebAssembly Boehm GC
Weighing In
Binary sizes for latest "Big Go" (1.24.4) and TinyGo (0.38)
package main
func main() {
println("Hello world!")
}
hello.go
1007800 jun 18 07:57 hello-biggo
13968 jun 18 07:49 hello-tinygo
72x smaller
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println("Hello world!")
helloWorldAsBytes := []byte("Hello world!\n")
err := os.WriteFile("./helloworld.txt", helloWorldAsBytes, 0644)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
hello-wasi.go
wasmbyexample.dev
2492982 jun 18 07:59 hello-wasi-biggo.wasm
80388 jun 18 07:47 hello-wasi-tinygo.wasm
31x smaller
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All About The Hardware
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