# Install cargo-generate

Use pre-existing git repositories as templates. Version 0.23.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cargo-generate
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-generate
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install cargo-generate
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/cargo-generate/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-generate
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-generate from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-generate
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-generate
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-generate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-generate
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cargo-generate>
- **Version:** 0.23.11
- **Source summary:** Use pre-existing git repositories as templates
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://cargo-generate.github.io/cargo-generate>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate/archive/refs/tags/v0.23.11.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:16:35Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-generate (cli)
- cargo-generate (alias)

## Dependencies

- libgit2
- libssh2
- openssl@3

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.23.11
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate
- Upstream latest detected: v0.23.11 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** cargo-generate
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-generate: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-generate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-generate - 0.23.8-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-generate from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Use pre-existing git repositories as templates | https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate
- pacman - cargo-generate - 0.23.10-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-generate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Use pre-existing git repositories as templates | https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate
- MacPorts - cargo-generate: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/cargo-generate/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
