# Install cargo-outdated with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman

Cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date. Version 0.19.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

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sudo av install brew:cargo-outdated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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-outdated
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-outdated
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-outdated from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install cargo-outdated
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cargo-outdated from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

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nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-outdated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

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-outdated/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-outdated
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-outdated from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-outdated
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cargo-outdated>
- **Version:** 0.19.0
- **Source summary:** Cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated/archive/refs/tags/v0.19.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:58-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-outdated (cli)
- cargo-outdated (alias)

## Dependencies

- libgit2
- 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: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.19.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated
- Upstream latest detected: v0.19.0 (current)
## Project history and usage

cargo-outdated is a Cargo subcommand that reports when Rust project dependencies have newer compatible or latest versions available.

### Project history

The project was created on GitHub in August 2015 and first published to crates.io as version 0.1.1 in November 2015. Its README describes the core approach as creating a temporary workspace, running Cargo's built-in cargo update machinery, and comparing dependency trees.

### Adoption history

The crate is distributed through crates.io and has also been packaged by multiple operating-system package managers, including Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, and Nix according to the batch source facts. crates.io metadata lists it under development-tools and cargo-plugin categories.

### How it is used

Users install it as cargo-outdated and run cargo outdated from a project directory. The README documents list and JSON output, workspace checking, dependency ignore and exclusion options, manifest-path support, and an exit-code option for automation.

### Why package nerds care

It is one of the older Rust ecosystem tools for auditing dependency freshness without immediately changing the project lockfile, making it useful to maintainers who want npm-outdated-style visibility in Cargo workflows.

### Timeline

- 2015: GitHub repository created and first crates.io release published.
- 2024: v0.15.0 release published on GitHub.
- 2026: crates.io reported v0.19.0 as the latest release.

### Related projects

- Cargo's cargo update command is central to cargo-outdated's implementation.
- cargo-binstall is documented by the README as a way to install prebuilt versions.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/kbknapp/cargo-outdated>
- <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated>
- <https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated#readme>
- <https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-outdated>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cargo-outdated.json>


## 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-outdated
- **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

- Debian apt - cargo-outdated - 0.17.0-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cargo-outdated from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cargo subcommand for displaying when dependencies are out of date | https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated.git
- Nix - cargo-outdated: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-outdated/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cargo-outdated - 0.14.0-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cargo-outdated from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cargo subcommand for displaying when dependencies are out of date
- apk - cargo-outdated - 0.18.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-outdated from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date | https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated
- apk - cargo-outdated-doc - 0.18.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-outdated-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date (documentation) | https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated
- pacman - cargo-outdated - 0.19.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-outdated from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date | https://github.com/kbknapp/cargo-outdated


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- [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cargo-edit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-edit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cargo, cli, dependencies, dependency-management, developer-tools.
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- [cargo-clone](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-clone/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cargo, cli, developer, developer-tools, openssl.
- [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cargo/cargo-outdated/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cargo-outdated.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cargo-outdated.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