# nabijaczleweli/cargo-update

A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables

Repository: https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cargo-update
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-27T23:35:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3599, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1578, forks 62 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.712887+00:00)

## What it is
A cargo subcommand (installed as cargo-update, invoked as cargo install-update) that checks and applies updates to executables installed via cargo install. It compares installed crate versions against crates.io and upgrades outdated ones in one command.

## Use cases
- update all cargo-installed binaries at once
- check which installed rust executables are outdated
- keep rust cli tools up to date
- upgrade crates installed with cargo install
- list installed cargo executables and their versions

## When to choose
- you install many tools via cargo install and want a single command to update them all
- you want to see which installed executables have newer versions on crates.io before upgrading
- you want cargo's installed binaries to behave like a managed package set

## When to avoid
- you need to update project dependencies in Cargo.toml - use cargo update instead
- you want a general-purpose system package manager outside the Rust ecosystem
- you cannot install its native dependencies (libgit2, libcurl, libssh2, openssl) and don't want to use vendored feature builds

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: cargo-subcommand, rust-ecosystem, dependency-updates, crates-io, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- nabijaczleweli/cargo-update (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.712887+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:56:56.106421+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.712887+00:00, sha 3ff8b502f015)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-update (fetched 2026-08-29T11:27:09.263314+00:00, sha 9d1cbd05070b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.