# Install cargo-geiger

Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies. Version 0.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-25.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-geiger
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-geiger
```

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

- Nix (92%):

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-geiger
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-geiger
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cargo-geiger>
- **Version:** 0.13.0
- **Source summary:** Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger/archive/refs/tags/cargo-geiger-0.13.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-25T12:16:10-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-geiger (cli)
- cargo-geiger (alias)

## Dependencies

- 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: 0.13.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-25
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger
- Upstream latest detected: cargo-geiger-0.13.0 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** cargo-geiger
- **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-geiger: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-geiger/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-geiger - 0.13.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-geiger from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies. | https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger
- apk - cargo-geiger-doc - 0.13.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-geiger-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies. (documentation) | https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger
- pacman - cargo-geiger - 0.13.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-geiger from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies | https://github.com/rust-secure-code/cargo-geiger


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## Sources

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