Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install cabin

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cabin

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cabin/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Package manager and build system for C/C++

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

cabin

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Cabin is a pre-1.0, Cargo-inspired package manager and build system for conventional C and C++ projects. It is written in Rust and aims to reduce C/C++ build boilerplate with predictable project structure and declarative metadata.

Projektgeschichte

Cabin's README describes it as an opinionated C/C++ build tool inspired by Cargo, but the official docs stress that it is not Cargo-compatible. It borrows Cargo vocabulary where it fits and deliberately diverges where C/C++ build semantics require separate treatment.

The project was initially funded by Japan's MITOU IT Program, according to the README sponsorship section, with additional support from Shigeru Urushibara of UL Systems. That funding history explains why a niche C/C++ build tool has a fairly complete documentation surface despite being pre-1.0.

The 2026 documentation covers manifests, configuration discovery, workspaces, dependencies, lockfiles, source artifacts, testing, compiler wrappers, registry design, and CLI distribution artifacts, indicating a broad attempt to model package-manager behavior rather than just invoke a compiler.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Cabin's public adoption appears early and niche. Its own README carries a pre-1.0 caution, while Homebrew and Nix packaging show that the CLI has become installable through normal developer package channels.

The release history shows active 2024-2026 development, with 0.10.1 in September 2024, 0.13.0 in July 2025, and 0.16.0 in June 2026. Recent releases emphasize manifest changes, workspaces, language standards, testing, docs, release automation, and distribution packaging.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run cabin new or cabin init to scaffold a package, cabin build to build it, cabin run to execute it, and cabin metadata, tree, or explain to inspect resolved state. A minimal cabin.toml declares package metadata and targets such as executables or libraries.

Cabin targets mixed C/C++ projects where CC and CXX remain independent, C and C++ standards stay separate, and the resolved build configuration gets a deterministic fingerprint.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, Cabin is interesting because it asks what Cargo-like ergonomics look like for C and C++ without pretending C/C++ has Rust's compilation model. It packages conventions, lockfiles, manifests, workspaces, and registry ideas around languages that historically outsourced those choices to build systems and distribution maintainers.

It is also a compact example of Rust tooling being used to build developer infrastructure for non-Rust ecosystems.

Zeitleiste

2018: Cabin was initially funded by the MITOU IT Program.
2024-09-06: Cabin 0.10.1 was released.
2025-07-25: Cabin 0.13.0 was released.
2026-06-01: Cabin 0.14.0 was released.
2026-06-09: Cabin 0.15.0 was released.
2026-06-26: Cabin 0.16.0 was released.

Related projects

Cargo is the explicit interface inspiration, though Cabin is not Cargo-compatible.
CMake, Meson, Make, and Ninja are adjacent C/C++ build-system reference points.
Rust is relevant because Cabin itself is written in Rust.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

generalized runtime or code generation signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:build system
text:package manager

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cabin/config.toml~/.config/cabin/config.toml<workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml<package-root>/.cabin/config.toml$CABIN_CONFIG
macOS: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml~/Library/Application Support/cabin/config.toml<workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml<package-root>/.cabin/config.toml$CABIN_CONFIG
Windows: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml%APPDATA%\cabin\config.toml<workspace-root>\.cabin\config.toml<package-root>\.cabin\config.toml%CABIN_CONFIG%

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`cabin`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.17.0

Manager aktualisiert2026-07-07

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Version0.17.0

https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:cabin
Version	0.17.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cabin
Homepage	https://cabinpkg.com
Repository	https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://cabinpkg.com/docs
Lizenz	Apache-2.0
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin/archive/refs/tags/0.17.0.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-07-07T07:00:26Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	rust
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cabin
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

cabin

nix profile install nixpkgs#cabin

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cabin

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cabin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cabin.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

cabin mit Homebrew, Nix installieren