diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71c1a1d..53fb020 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
  "serenity",
+ "strip-ansi-escapes",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1319,6 +1321,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strip-ansi-escapes"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d63676e2abafa709460982ddc02a3bb586b6d15a49b75c212e06edd3933acee"
+dependencies = [
+ "vte",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -1552,6 +1563,12 @@ version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "05e42f7c18b8f902290b009cde6d651262f956c98bc51bca4cd1d511c9cd85c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8772a4ccbb4e89959023bc5b7cb8623a795caa7092d99f3aa9501b9484d4557d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uwl"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1570,6 +1587,15 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5a972e5669d67ba988ce3dc826706fb0a8b01471c088cb0b6110b805cc36aed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vte"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f42f536e22f7fcbb407639765c8fd78707a33109301f834a594758bedd6e8cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67f1650..0298eae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ serenity = { version = "0.8.7", features = ["model"] }
 diesel = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["postgres", "r2d2"] }
 diesel_migrations = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["postgres"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
-serde = "1.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.0"
 env_logger = "0.7.1"
 envy = "0.4"
 indexmap = "1.6"
+strip-ansi-escapes = "0.1.0" # For normalizing godbolt responses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index c0b08df..e6be5c8 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,40 @@ pub(crate) fn send_reply(args: &Args, message: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Send a Discord reply message and truncate the message with a given truncation message if the
+/// text is too long.
+///
+/// Only `text_body` is truncated. `text_end` will always be appended at the end. This is useful
+/// for example for large code blocks. You will want to truncate the code block contents, but the
+/// finalizing \`\`\` should always stay - that's what `text_end` is for.
+pub(crate) fn reply_potentially_long_text(
+    args: &Args,
+    text_body: &str,
+    text_end: &str,
+    truncation_msg: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let msg = if text_body.len() + text_end.len() > 2000 {
+        // This is how long the text body may be at max to conform to Discord's limit
+        let available_space = 2000 - text_end.len() - truncation_msg.len();
+
+        let mut cut_off_point = available_space;
+        while !text_body.is_char_boundary(cut_off_point) {
+            cut_off_point -= 1;
+        }
+
+        format!(
+            "{}{}{}",
+            &text_body[..cut_off_point],
+            text_end,
+            truncation_msg
+        )
+    } else {
+        format!("{}{}", text_body, text_end)
+    };
+
+    send_reply(args, &msg)
+}
+
 fn response_exists(args: &Args) -> Option<MessageId> {
     let data = args.cx.data.read();
     let history = data.get::<CommandHistory>().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/crates.rs b/src/crates.rs
index 5a46843..6cc6888 100644
--- a/src/crates.rs
+++ b/src/crates.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn get_crate(args: &Args) -> Result<Option<Crate>, Error> {
         .send()?
         .json::<Crates>()?;
 
-    Ok(crate_list.crates.into_iter().nth(0))
+    Ok(crate_list.crates.into_iter().next())
 }
 
 pub fn search(args: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/src/godbolt.rs b/src/godbolt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77b5c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/godbolt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use crate::{api, commands::Args};
+pub enum Compilation {
+    Success { asm: String },
+    Error { stderr: String },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct GodboltOutputSegment {
+    text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct GodboltOutput(Vec<GodboltOutputSegment>);
+
+impl GodboltOutput {
+    pub fn full_with_ansi_codes_stripped(&self) -> Result<String, crate::Error> {
+        let mut complete_text = String::new();
+        for segment in self.0.iter() {
+            complete_text.push_str(&segment.text);
+            complete_text.push_str("\n");
+        }
+        Ok(String::from_utf8(strip_ansi_escapes::strip(
+            complete_text.trim(),
+        )?)?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+struct GodboltResponse {
+    code: u8,
+    stdout: GodboltOutput,
+    stderr: GodboltOutput,
+    asm: GodboltOutput,
+}
+
+pub fn help(args: Args) -> Result<(), crate::Error> {
+    let message = "Compile Rust code using <https://rust.godbolt.org/>. Full optimizations are applied unless overriden.
+```?godbolt flags={} rustc={} ``\u{200B}`code``\u{200B}` ```
+Optional arguments:
+    \tflags: flags to pass to rustc invocation. Defaults to \"-Copt-level=3 --edition=2018\".
+    \trustc: compiler version to invoke. Defaults to `nightly`. Possible values: `nightly`, `beta` or full version like `1.45.2`.
+    ";
+
+    api::send_reply(&args, &message)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Compile a given Rust source code file on Godbolt using the latest nightly compiler with
+/// full optimizations (-O3) by default
+/// Returns a multiline string with the pretty printed assembly
+pub fn compile_rust_source(
+    http: &reqwest::blocking::Client,
+    source_code: &str,
+    flags: &str,
+    rustc: &str,
+) -> Result<Compilation, crate::Error> {
+    let cv = rustc_to_godbolt(rustc);
+    let cv = match cv {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Ok(Compilation::Error { stderr: e });
+        }
+    };
+    info!("cv: rustc {}", cv);
+
+    let response: GodboltResponse = http
+        .execute(
+            http.post(&format!("https://godbolt.org/api/compiler/{}/compile", cv))
+                .query(&[("options", &flags)])
+                .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "application/json")
+                .body(source_code.to_owned())
+                .build()?,
+        )?
+        .json()?;
+
+    info!("raw godbolt response: {:#?}", &response);
+
+    Ok(if response.code == 0 {
+        Compilation::Success {
+            asm: response.asm.full_with_ansi_codes_stripped()?,
+        }
+    } else {
+        Compilation::Error {
+            stderr: response.stderr.full_with_ansi_codes_stripped()?,
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+// converts a rustc version number to a godbolt compiler id
+fn rustc_to_godbolt(rustc_version: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    match rustc_version {
+        "beta" => Ok("beta".to_string()),
+        "nightly" => Ok("nightly".to_string()),
+        // this heuristic is barebones but catches most obviously wrong things
+        // it doesn't know anything about valid rustc versions
+        ver if ver.contains('.') && !ver.contains(|c: char| c.is_alphabetic()) => {
+            let mut godbolt_version = "r".to_string();
+            for segment in ver.split('.') {
+                godbolt_version.push_str(segment);
+            }
+            Ok(godbolt_version)
+        }
+        other => Err(format!("invalid rustc version: `{}`", other)),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5ba6013..0b383b4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mod command_history;
 mod commands;
 mod crates;
 mod db;
+mod godbolt;
 mod jobs;
 mod playground;
 mod schema;
@@ -148,6 +149,35 @@ fn app() -> Result<(), Error> {
         });
     }
 
+    cmds.add("?godbolt flags={} version={} ```\ncode```", |args| {
+        let flags = args
+            .params
+            .get("flags")
+            .unwrap_or(&"-Copt-level=3 --edition=2018");
+        let rustc = args.params.get("rustc").unwrap_or(&"nightly");
+
+        let code = args
+            .params
+            .get("code")
+            .ok_or("Unable to retrieve param: code")?;
+        let (lang, text) = match godbolt::compile_rust_source(args.http, code, flags, rustc)? {
+            godbolt::Compilation::Success { asm } => ("x86asm", asm),
+            godbolt::Compilation::Error { stderr } => ("rust", stderr),
+        };
+
+        api::reply_potentially_long_text(
+            &args,
+            &format!("```{}\n{}", lang, text),
+            "\n```",
+            "Note: the output was truncated",
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    });
+    cmds.help("?godbolt", "View assembly using Godbolt", |args| {
+        godbolt::help(args)
+    });
+
     // Slow mode.
     // 0 seconds disables slowmode
     cmds.add_protected("?slowmode {channel} {seconds}", api::slow_mode, api::is_mod);