To a newcomer looking at Rust support for WebUSB, the README is lacking information on where in the stack this sits -- could be for use for on the device itself (in embedded Rust), or could run in the browser (eg. through wasm-bindgen).

From the dependencies, I get the impression that it's to be used natively on the host, and peeking at the projects you're involved in it might be the part of WebUSB that runs inside the browser, but that's a guess. If it is right, text like this could be helpful:

This crate implements the browser part of the WebUSB specification.
That is, it accesses the host system's USB devices through libusb, and provides the Navigator .usb object that is typically used through JavaScript.

An example of how this is used can be found [in the deno source code](...).

For different places in the stack where Rust and WebUSB can be used together, see [usbd-webusb](https://github.com/redpfire/usbd-webusb) (which would go into the device firmware itself), or [web-sys's Usb struct](https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/api/web_sys/struct.Usb.html) (which compiled to WebAssembly and run inside the browser). The present crate provides the code inbetween.

(Note that I haven't used or tested usbd-webusb or this particular module of web-sys. These serve not so much as recommendations but more to frame how this crate is used.)

I have struggled for a while to get this crate to compile for WASM, but I can't seem to figure it out. It fails when attempting to link libusb.

Deno might never implement WebUSB due to its testing requirements. We have a test runner and Deno has FFI so why not build a third-party module? :-)

https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/api/web_sys/struct.Usb.html

It's impossible to declare TypeScript typings for a function that takes in a USB device as an argument, since it is not exported:

import usb from "https://deno.land/x/[email protected]/mod.ts"

const devices = await usb.getDevices()

initDevice(devices[0])

async function initDevice(device: /* what goes here? */) {
    await device.open()
    console.log(`${device.productName} - ${device.serialNumber}`);
}

Likewise, it's impossible to tell if an object is a USB device via an instanceof check, since the class isn't exported either.

Could you consider exporting the types/classes?