Solana Rust-First Course

Roadmap with Rust as primary language — onchain (Anchor → Pinocchio) and backend (Carbon, Yellowstone gRPC, axum, sqlx). TypeScript only for browser.

Deadline: Solana Fall 2026 hackathon — 28 Sep – 2 Nov 2026 (Colosseum). Verified 2026-09-01.

Course structure — 5 stages

5 stages, 16 required resources, 47 videos
Stage	Durasi	Resources	Videos
0 — Setup	2–3 days	2	3
1 — Foundations	2–3 weeks	4	12
2 — Real programs	4–6 weeks	4	15
3 — Rust backend	3–4 weeks	4	4
4 — Performance and shipping	4+ weeks	2	4

Specialist tracks

Portfolio projects (5)

Verified versions — fetched 2026-09-02 at build (source: 2026-09-02T03:52:25.944Z)
Package	Version	Source
`pinocchio`	`0.11.2`	crates.io/crates/pinocchio
`star_frame`	`0.30.0`	crates.io/crates/star_frame
`litesvm`	`0.16.0`	crates.io/crates/litesvm
`anchor-lang`	`1.1.2`	crates.io/crates/anchor-lang
`carbon-core`	`1.0.0`	crates.io/crates/carbon-core
`yellowstone-grpc-client`	`13.5.0`	crates.io/crates/yellowstone-grpc-client
`ephemeral-rollups-sdk`	`0.17.0`	crates.io/crates/ephemeral-rollups-sdk
`axum`	`0.8.9`	crates.io/crates/axum
`sqlx`	`0.9.0`	crates.io/crates/sqlx
`tokio`	`1.53.1`	crates.io/crates/tokio
`solana-client`	`4.2.2`	crates.io/crates/solana-client
`solana-sdk`	`4.1.0`	crates.io/crates/solana-sdk
`borsh`	`1.8.1`	crates.io/crates/borsh
`@solana/kit`	`8.2.0`	www.npmjs.com/package/@solana/kit
`gill`	`0.14.0`	www.npmjs.com/package/gill
`codama`	`1.10.2`	www.npmjs.com/package/codama
`@coral-xyz/anchor`	`0.32.1`	www.npmjs.com/package/@coral-xyz/anchor
`@solana/web3.js`	`1.98.4`	www.npmjs.com/package/@solana/web3.js
`agave-cli`	`4.2.2`	github.com/anza-xyz/agave/releases
`rust`	`1.98.0`	github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases/lates
`surfpool`	`1.4.0`	solana-install.solana.workers.dev
`anchor-installer`	`1.1.2`	solana-install.solana.workers.dev
`node-installer`	`24.10.0`	solana-install.solana.workers.dev

Anchor version trap: Rust crate anchor-lang 1.1.2 and npm @coral-xyz/anchor 0.32.1 are two separately versioned halves of the same project — not alternative versions. Guides writing "Anchor 0.32 / 1.1.x" describe both at once.

Ongoing

Changelog and Q&A videos to keep version table from going stale (stage 6):

Solana Dev Q&A bri · 1:50:07 · 2025-07-24

Developer Q&A livestream: dev experience, SIMDs, research

Solana Developer Q&A bri · 1:02:44 · 2025-07-31

Developer Q&A livestream

Solana Changelog | February 12, 2026 bri · 0:33:42 · 2026-02-12

Changelog

Solana Changelog | February 20, 2026 bri · 0:13:26 · 2026-02-20

Changelog - keeps the roadmap version table from going stale