# Install cargo-bloat with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman Find out what takes most of the space in your executable. Version 0.12.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cargo-bloat ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cargo-bloat ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add cargo-bloat ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-bloat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-bloat ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-bloat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cargo-bloat ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-bloat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cargo-bloat - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.12.1 - **Source summary:** Find out what takes most of the space in your executable - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cargo-bloat (cli) - cargo-bloat (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.12.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat - Upstream latest detected: v0.12.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage cargo-bloat is a Cargo subcommand for explaining where compiled Rust binary size goes. It analyzes release artifacts and reports the largest functions or crates contributing to executable text size. ### Project history Yevhenii Reizner's cargo-bloat repository was created in January 2018, and version 0.1.0 was published to crates.io a few days later. The README describes the package as a way to find what takes most of the space in an executable, with support for ELF, Mach-O, and PE binaries. The project was explicitly inspired by Google's Bloaty binary size profiler while adopting a Rust/Cargo-specific interface. Over later releases it added and kept options such as per-crate views, filtering, splitting standard-library crates, full function names, wide output, and JSON output. ### Adoption history cargo-bloat spread because Rust developers regularly need size explanations for CLI tools, embedded-adjacent binaries, WebAssembly-adjacent investigations, and release optimization. Crates.io places it in the Cargo plugins category and reports more than 360,000 downloads. Its package-manager footprint is broader than a one-off Cargo plugin: the input records Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Arch packaging. That matters because size-analysis tools are often installed globally on developer machines and CI images rather than vendored into projects. ### How it is used The common path is `cargo install cargo-bloat` and then `cargo bloat --release -n 10` to list the largest functions in the release build. `cargo bloat --release --crates` switches the view to crate-level contribution. The README emphasizes that per-crate numbers are estimates, not exact accounting. It also notes that WebAssembly is not supported and points users toward twiggy for that use case. ### Why package nerds care cargo-bloat is a classic package-nerd tool because it turns compiler output into a ranked table that directly informs dependency choices. It is one of the Rust ecosystem's small, sharp CLI packages that makes invisible package cost visible. Its relationship to Bloaty and twiggy also shows how Rust packaging borrowed from general binary-analysis culture while building Cargo-native workflows for Rust developers. ### Timeline - 2018-01-07: GitHub repository RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat was created. - 2018-01-11: cargo-bloat 0.1.0 was published on crates.io. - 2018-2020: The 0.2 through 0.10 releases iterated quickly on Cargo-plugin binary-size reporting. - 2022-06-04: Version 0.11.1 was published. - 2024-05-10: Version 0.12.1 was published. ### Related projects - google/bloaty is cited by the README as an inspiration. - rustwasm/twiggy is recommended by the README for WebAssembly size analysis. - Cargo's plugin mechanism provides the `cargo bloat` subcommand interface. ### Sources - GitHub repository API metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat - Official README: https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat#readme - Package-manager adoption from source_facts.package-manager. - crates.io API metadata and versions: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-bloat ## Security Notes 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-bloat - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cargo-bloat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-bloat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - cargo-bloat - 0.12.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-bloat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Find out what takes most of the space in your Rust executable | https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat - pacman - cargo-bloat - 0.12.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-bloat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Find out what takes most of the space in your executable | https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cargo-instruments](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-instruments/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, profiling, rust. - [cargo-flamegraph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-flamegraph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, profiling, rust. - [cargo-auditable](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-auditable/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-binstall](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-binstall/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-binutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-binutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-bundle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-bundle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-c](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-c/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-cache](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-cache/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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