rust-lang/cargo
The Rust package manager observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4565
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
15429 stars · 3031 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Cargo is the official package manager and build tool for the Rust language. It downloads dependencies, compiles projects, runs tests, creates distributable packages, and publishes crates to the crates.io registry.
Use cases
- manage rust project dependencies
- build and compile a rust crate
- publish a package to crates.io
- run rust tests and benchmarks
- create a new rust project scaffold
- pin dependency versions with a lockfile
- manage rust workspaces with multiple crates
When to choose
- you are developing any Rust project, from scripts to large workspaces
- you need reproducible builds with a lockfile and vendored dependencies
- you want to publish or consume crates from crates.io
When to avoid
- you are not working with the Rust language
- you need a general-purpose polyglot build system like Bazel or Pants
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
package-manager build-tool cli dependency-audit developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages version-control windows cli cross-platform rust crates-io rust-ecosystem dependency-management build-system workspaces command-line linux macos
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo · fetched 2026-08-28 · c6f01d0afba6
- homepage: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4ce224e4b5b2
- site_page: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/cargo/getting-started/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d2ed56e191b
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 75ea8182c059
- site_page: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/cargo/faq.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · f652bf2e9310
- site_page: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/cargo/CHANGELOG.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2ad13c89b26b
- site_page: https://doc.rust-lang.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9105688739b2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rust-lang/cargo | main | 77 |
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