# Install cargo-shear

Detect and remove unused dependencies from Cargo.toml in Rust projects. Version 1.13.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-06.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-shear
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

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

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Boshen.cargo-shear -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Boshen.cargo-shear from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-shear
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cargo-shear>
- **Version:** 1.13.1
- **Source summary:** Detect and remove unused dependencies from Cargo.toml in Rust projects
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear/archive/refs/tags/v1.13.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-06T20:42:23Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-shear (cli)
- cargo-shear (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- 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: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 1.13.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-06
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear
- Upstream latest detected: v1.13.1 (current)

## セキュリティノート

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-shear
- **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-shear: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Boshen.cargo-shear: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Boshen.cargo-shear from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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