diff --git a/src/allocation.rs b/src/allocation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9ab19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/allocation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+//! Stuff to boost things in the `alloc` crate.
+
+use super::*;
+use alloc::{boxed::Box, rc::Rc, sync::Arc, vec::Vec};
+
+/// As [`try_cast_arc`](try_cast_arc), but unwraps for you.
+#[inline]
+pub fn cast_arc<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Arc<A>) -> Arc<B> {
+  try_cast_arc(input).map_err(|(e, _v)| e).unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Attempts to cast the content type of a [`Arc`](alloc::sync::Arc).
+///
+/// On failure you get back an error along with the starting `Arc`.
+///
+/// ## Failure
+///
+/// * The start and end content type of the `Arc` must have the exact same
+///   alignment.
+/// * The start and end size of the `Arc` must have the exact same size.
+#[inline]
+pub fn try_cast_arc<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Arc<A>) -> Result<Arc<B>, (PodCastError, Arc<A>)> {
+  if align_of::<A>() != align_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::AlignmentMismatch, input))
+  } else if size_of::<A>() != size_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::SizeMismatch, input))
+  } else {
+    // Note(Lokathor): This is much simpler than with the Vec casting!
+    let ptr: *mut B = Arc::into_raw(input) as *mut B;
+    Ok(unsafe { Arc::from_raw(ptr) })
+  }
+}
+
+/// As [`try_cast_box`](try_cast_box), but unwraps for you.
+#[inline]
+pub fn cast_box<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Box<A>) -> Box<B> {
+  try_cast_box(input).map_err(|(e, _v)| e).unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Attempts to cast the content type of a [`Box`](alloc::boxed::Box).
+///
+/// On failure you get back an error along with the starting `Box`.
+///
+/// ## Failure
+///
+/// * The start and end content type of the `Box` must have the exact same
+///   alignment.
+/// * The start and end size of the `Box` must have the exact same size.
+#[inline]
+pub fn try_cast_box<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Box<A>) -> Result<Box<B>, (PodCastError, Box<A>)> {
+  if align_of::<A>() != align_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::AlignmentMismatch, input))
+  } else if size_of::<A>() != size_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::SizeMismatch, input))
+  } else {
+    // Note(Lokathor): This is much simpler than with the Vec casting!
+    let ptr: *mut B = Box::into_raw(input) as *mut B;
+    Ok(unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) })
+  }
+}
+
+/// As [`try_cast_rc`](try_cast_rc), but unwraps for you.
+#[inline]
+pub fn cast_rc<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Rc<A>) -> Rc<B> {
+  try_cast_rc(input).map_err(|(e, _v)| e).unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Attempts to cast the content type of a [`Rc`](alloc::rc::Rc).
+///
+/// On failure you get back an error along with the starting `Rc`.
+///
+/// ## Failure
+///
+/// * The start and end content type of the `Rc` must have the exact same
+///   alignment.
+/// * The start and end size of the `Rc` must have the exact same size.
+#[inline]
+pub fn try_cast_rc<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Rc<A>) -> Result<Rc<B>, (PodCastError, Rc<A>)> {
+  if align_of::<A>() != align_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::AlignmentMismatch, input))
+  } else if size_of::<A>() != size_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::SizeMismatch, input))
+  } else {
+    // Note(Lokathor): This is much simpler than with the Vec casting!
+    let ptr: *mut B = Rc::into_raw(input) as *mut B;
+    Ok(unsafe { Rc::from_raw(ptr) })
+  }
+}
+
+/// As [`try_cast_vec`](try_cast_vec), but unwraps for you.
+#[inline]
+pub fn cast_vec<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Vec<A>) -> Vec<B> {
+  try_cast_vec(input).map_err(|(e, _v)| e).unwrap()
+}
+
+/// Attempts to cast the content type of a [`Vec`](alloc::vec::Vec).
+///
+/// On failure you get back an error along with the starting `Vec`.
+///
+/// ## Failure
+///
+/// * The start and end content type of the `Vec` must have the exact same
+///   alignment.
+/// * The start and end size of the `Vec` must have the exact same size.
+/// * In the future this second restriction might be lessened by having the
+///   capacity and length get adjusted during transmutation, but for now it's
+///   absolute.
+#[inline]
+pub fn try_cast_vec<A: Pod, B: Pod>(input: Vec<A>) -> Result<Vec<B>, (PodCastError, Vec<A>)> {
+  if align_of::<A>() != align_of::<B>() {
+    Err((PodCastError::AlignmentMismatch, input))
+  } else if size_of::<A>() != size_of::<B>() {
+    // Note(Lokathor): Under some conditions it would be possible to cast
+    // between Vec content types of the same alignment but different sizes by
+    // changing the capacity and len values in the output Vec. However, we will
+    // not attempt that for now.
+    Err((PodCastError::SizeMismatch, input))
+  } else {
+    // Note(Lokathor): First we record the length and capacity, which don't have
+    // any secret provenance metadata.
+    let length: usize = input.len();
+    let capacity: usize = input.capacity();
+    // Note(Lokathor): Next we "pre-forget" the old Vec by wrapping with
+    // ManuallyDrop, because if we used `core::mem::forget` after taking the
+    // pointer then that would invalidate our pointer.
+    let mut manual_drop_vec = ManuallyDrop::new(input);
+    // Note(Lokathor): Finally, we carefully get the pointer we need, cast the
+    // type, and then make a new Vec to return. This works all the way back to
+    // 1.7, if you're on 1.37 or later you can use `Vec::as_mut_ptr` directly.
+    let vec_ptr = *mut A = Vec::as_mut_slice(&mut manual_drop_vec).as_mut_ptr();
+    let ptr: *mut B = vec_ptr as *mut B;
+    Ok(unsafe { Vec::from_raw_parts(ptr, length, capacity) })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a6c9e56..f535c35 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![no_std]
+
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
 pub(crate) use core::arch::x86;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ macro_rules! impl_unsafe_marker_for_array {
   }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")]
+extern crate alloc;
+#[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")]
+mod allocation;
+#[cfg(feature = "extern_crate_alloc")]
+pub use allocation::*;
+
 mod zeroable;
 pub use zeroable::*;