Development Tools

Tools that provide developer-facing features such as testing, debugging, linting, performance profiling, autocompletion, formatting, and more.

Topic	Rust Crates
Build System/Package Manager	`cargo`⮳
Formatter	`rustfmt`⮳
Linter	`clippy`⮳
Testing Framework	`std::test` (built-in), `rstest`⮳ (for data-driven tests)
Debugging	`gdb`⮳, `lldb`⮳ (often used via IDE integration), `cargo-debug`
Profiling	`cargo flamegraph`, `perf`⮳ (system profiler)
Documentation Generator	`cargo doc`
Code Coverage	`grcov`⮳, `tarpaulin`⮳
Continuous Integration	often uses CI platforms directly; no specific Rust crates needed, but `xtask`⮳ can help manage CI tasks
Code Analysis	`cargo clippy`, `rust-analyzer` (for Language Server Protocol support in IDEs)

See also Rust tools ⮳.

Cargo

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Basic `cargo` Usage
`Cargo.toml` and Lock Files

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Crate Registries	crates.io⮳
Access crates.io APIs with `crates_io`

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Package Layout

Rust Compilation

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Use Dynamic Linking
Compile Incrementally
Measure Build Times
Optimize Compilation Levels
Measure Build Times

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Optimize Linking	`lld`⮳`zld`⮳
Alternative - `mold` Linker	`mold`⮳

Documentation

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Document Your Code
Create Module- or Crate-level Documentation
Add Documentation to Function Arguments in Rust

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Write Online Books with `mdBook`
`mdbook` plugins
Deploy Your Book or Documentation via a CD / CI Pipeline	GitHub Actions for mdBook
Let Readers Execute Sample Code in the Rust Playground
`mdbook-cmdrun`
Create a Journal with `mdbook-journal`
Check Links with `mdbook-linkcheck`
`mdbook-pagetoc`
Hide Entire Chapters with `mdbook-private`
Hide Pages with `mdbook-hide`
Create Pages from a Template with `mdbook-tera`
`mdbook-theme`
`mdbook-toc`
Test Code in Your `mdbook`	Byron-termbook
Replace Text in Chapters with `yapp`

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Badges	shield.io⮳

Formatting

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Format your Rust code with `rustfmt`
Configure `rustfmt`
Use Attributes to Skip Code Formatting in Your Code

Installation

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Install and Manage Rust Toolchains with `rustup`

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Build and Install a Rust Binary with `cargo install`
Install a Rust Binary with `cargo binstall`

Versioning

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Parse and Increment a Version String
Parse a Complex Version String
Check if a Given Version is Pre-release
Find the Latest Version Satisfying a Given Range
Check External Command Version for Compatibility

Rust Code Cross-compilation

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Cross-compile for Multiple Target OSes and Architectures
Cross-compile with `cargo`

See also Cross Compiling (Cargo Plugins).

Transpilation into Rust

Recipe	Crates	Categories
C to Rust Translation

Other

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Save and run project-specific Commands with the `just` Command Runner
Check Your Rust Code in the Background

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Verify Your Rust Code with `kani`
Concurrent Code Verification
`loom`
`shuttle`

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Install the `miri` Interpreter
Detect Undefined Behavior with the `miri` Interpreter

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Search for Rust APIs	roogle
Deploy your Rust code on `shuttle.rs`	shuttle.rs
Minimize Rust Binary Sizes
Generate Rust Code