install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install cargo-features-manager

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-features-manager

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-features-manager/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

TUI like cli tool to manage the features of your rust-project dependencies

Project links

Commands and aliases

cargo-features

history

Project history and usage

cargo-features-manager is a Rust Cargo helper that provides a terminal UI for enabling, disabling, and pruning dependency features in Cargo.toml. It focuses on a pain point that appears once Rust projects accumulate optional dependencies and feature-driven configuration.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in April 2023 and the crate was published on crates.io days later. The README describes a TUI-like CLI that lets users view available dependency features and toggle them, with changes written directly back to Cargo.toml.

The README now states that the project has moved to Tangled, while crates.io metadata also lists Tangled as the homepage and repository. The GitHub repository remains the documentation URL supplied by the package input, but the upstream project identity has shifted.

Adoption history

Adoption is specialized but visible: the supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew and Nix packages, and crates.io records tens of thousands of downloads. It serves maintainers who tune feature flags more often than the average Cargo user.

The addition of `cargo features prune`, documented in the README, moves the tool beyond manual toggling toward automated feature minimization with safeguards for known false positives.

How it is used

Users run `cargo features` in a project root to open a dependency selector and feature selector, then toggle features with keyboard navigation. `cargo features -d <dependency>` jumps directly to a dependency's feature selector.

`cargo features prune` attempts to disable features not required for compilation, with flags such as `--dry-run`, `--only-dependency`, `--skip-tests`, and a Cargo.toml `cargo-features-manager.keep` section for features that should be preserved.

Why package nerds care

cargo-features-manager is notable because Cargo feature sets are one of Rust packaging's more subtle sources of compile time, dependency surface, and behavior changes. A TUI for toggling and pruning features makes that metadata more inspectable than hand-editing arrays in Cargo.toml.

Its false-positive list and keep configuration show the hard part of feature minimization: not every unused-looking feature is semantically safe to remove.

Timeline

2023: ToBinio/cargo-features-manager GitHub repository created.
2023: cargo-features-manager crate first published on crates.io.
2026: crates.io metadata points homepage and repository fields at Tangled and shows the 0.12.0 release line.

Related projects

Cargo.toml is the manifest edited by cargo-features-manager.
Cargo features and optional dependencies are the package metadata concepts the tool visualizes and edits.
Tangled is the current upstream hosting target referenced by the README and crates.io metadata.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: Cargo.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cargo-features`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.11.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.11.1

https://github.com/ToBinio/cargo-features-manager

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cargo-features-manager
Version	0.11.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cargo-features-manager
Homepage	https://github.com/ToBinio/cargo-features-manager
Repository	https://github.com/ToBinio/cargo-features-manager
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ToBinio/cargo-features-manager#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/ToBinio/cargo-features-manager/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cargo-features-manager
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cargo-features-manager

nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-features-manager

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cargo Features Manager

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cargo-features-manager.yml

Used sources

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

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