obi1kenobi/cargo-semver-checks

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1673 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

cargo-semver-checks is a CLI linter that scans Rust crates for semantic versioning violations by comparing a crate's public API against a previous release. It integrates into CI via a GitHub Action and reports breaking changes with references to the Cargo SemVer reference.

Use cases

• detect semver violations in my rust crate before publishing
• lint api changes for breaking changes in ci
• check if my crate release breaks downstream users
• run semver checks as a github action
• find which public api items changed incompatibly between versions
• prevent accidental major version bumps in rust libraries

When to choose

• you maintain a Rust library published to crates.io and want to catch breaking API changes before release
• you want automated semver compliance checks in CI with actionable, reference-linked diagnostics

When to avoid

• your project is not written in Rust or not structured as a cargo crate
• you need a guarantee of catching every possible semver violation, since the tool may have false negatives

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

linter developer-tools version-control ci-cd developer-tools version-control testing cli windows rust semver rust cargo api-compatibility breaking-changes release-checks command-line linux macos

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