# Install cargo-depgraph with Homebrew, Nix, pacman Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cargo-depgraph ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cargo-depgraph ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-depgraph ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-depgraph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S cargo-depgraph ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-depgraph from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cargo-depgraph - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.0 - **Source summary:** Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cargo-depgraph (cli) - cargo-depgraph (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: 1.6.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://sr.ht/~jplatte/cargo-depgraph/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage cargo-depgraph is a Cargo subcommand for turning a Rust package's Cargo metadata into Graphviz dependency graphs. It fills the small but durable need to see feature, target, dev, build, optional, and transitive dependency structure as an image or DOT graph. ### Project history The crate was published on crates.io in July 2020 with the description that it creates dependency graphs for Cargo projects using cargo metadata and Graphviz. Its official repository metadata has since appeared under jplatte's Codeberg account, while crates.io still records the older SourceHut repository URL, suggesting a repository-hosting move rather than a change in purpose. The README's examples focus on piping `cargo depgraph` into Graphviz's `dot`, and the documented output legend shows the project grew around Cargo-specific semantics rather than generic graph rendering. ### Adoption history Adoption is niche but broad enough for distribution packaging: the supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Nix, and Arch Linux packages, and crates.io records tens of thousands of downloads. That puts cargo-depgraph in the class of Rust ecosystem utilities that are not core workflow tools, but are useful enough to be packaged by Unix-oriented distributions. ### How it is used Users run `cargo depgraph [options] | dot -Tpng > graph.png` from a Cargo project, with Graphviz installed locally or another DOT renderer available. Common options include `--all-deps` and `--all-deps --dedup-transitive-deps` for fuller dependency views. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about cargo-depgraph because it exposes Cargo resolver state visually: optional dependencies, target-specific dependencies, build dependencies, dev dependencies, and transitive optional edges become inspectable without hand-reading `Cargo.lock` and `Cargo.toml` trees. It is also a good example of the Rust community's habit of building small Cargo subcommands around `cargo metadata`, then letting traditional Unix tools such as Graphviz handle the final representation. ### Timeline - 2020: cargo-depgraph crate first published on crates.io. - 2023: crates.io metadata for cargo-depgraph last updated at version 1.6.0. - 2026: Codeberg repository metadata lists jplatte/cargo-depgraph as an active repository. ### Related projects - Cargo metadata is the data source that lets cargo-depgraph inspect Rust package graphs. - Graphviz is the rendering toolchain used by the README examples. - Other Cargo inspection tools, such as cargo tree, overlap in dependency exploration but present the graph as text rather than DOT output. ### Sources - - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## 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-depgraph - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - cargo-depgraph: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-depgraph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - cargo-depgraph - 1.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-depgraph from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects using cargo metadata and graphviz | https://github.com/jplatte/cargo-depgraph ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [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-bloat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-bloat/) - 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. - [cargo-careful](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-careful/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, developer-tools, rust. - [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cargo, cli, dependency, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cargo-depgraph.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cargo-depgraph.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph