Cargo Plugins

Subcommands that extend the capabilities of Cargo.

Writing code

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Templates	Cargo Generate
Generate a Rust project from a template
Quickly open the crates.io or docs.rs page for the latest version of a crate

Formatting and Linting

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Format your code
Format
Lint your code
Fix compiler warnings
Check your code before committing it

Building

Recipe	Crates	Categories
cargo make
Devx
xshell: Making Rust a Better Bash

Watching for changes

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Cargo watch
Cargo limit

Cross-compiling

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Cross-compile using Zig as the linker

Auditing

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Audit Cargo.lock files for crates containing security vulnerabilities
Embded the exact crate versions in your Rust executable for auditability
List the license(s) of dependencies
cargo deny

Performance

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Configure your Cargo project for maximum performance, fast compile times or minimal binary size
cargo hakari

Maintenance

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Unused dependencies	udeps
Edit Cargo.toml
Find unused dependencies
cargo udeps
cargo machete
Detect dependencies that are out of date
Lint your crate API changes for semver violations
Manage the cargo cache

See also

• Testing
• Build Utils
• Debugging
• FFI
• Procedural Macro Helpers
• Profiling