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Install gerust with Homebrew

Project generator for Rust backend projects. Version 0.0.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install gerust

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Project generator for Rust backend projects

Commands and aliases

  • gerust

history

Project history and usage

Gerust is a Mainmatter project generator for Rust backend services. It codifies an axum, SQLx, PostgreSQL, and Cargo-workspace reference layout while leaving the generated application code under the developer's control.

Project history

Mainmatter introduced Gerust as tooling around a specific Rust backend architecture rather than as a runtime framework. Its documentation describes the name as a play on the German word Geruest and Rust, and presents the tool as a way to remove repeated setup work from service projects.

Adoption history

Gerust's adoption evidence is mostly limited to its official repository, documentation, crate-style installation path, and Homebrew formula. It fits the Rust web-service ecosystem around axum, SQLx, PostgreSQL, tracing, Docker-backed development databases, and Cargo workspaces.

How it is used

Practitioners use the `gerust` command to create either minimal API-server projects or database-backed service projects. The generated workspace separates web, configuration, database, macro, and CLI responsibilities and includes conventions for migrations, test database isolation, tracing, and error handling.

Why package nerds care

For package users, Gerust is notable because it is a generator with no runtime dependency in the generated project. Installing it via Cargo or Homebrew gives a reproducible starting point for a Rust backend without adding a framework dependency that remains in the deployed service.

Timeline

  • 2023: The public GitHub repository for Gerust was created.
  • 2025: Early public releases were tagged in the repository.

Related projects

  • Gerust-generated projects are built around axum, SQLx, PostgreSQL, tracing, and Cargo workspaces.

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.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gerustcliglobal 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 version0.0.6
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.0.6

https://github.com/mainmatter/gerust

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gerust
Version0.0.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gerust
Homepagehttps://gerust.rs/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/mainmatter/gerust
Upstream docshttps://gerust.rs/docs
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/mainmatter/gerust/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.6.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:27-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@3
Build dependenciespkgconf, rust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegerust
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

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

Related tools

  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • cargo-generateShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, scaffolding.
  • cookiecutterShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, scaffolding.
  • copierShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, scaffolding.
  • kickstartShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, project-generator, scaffolding.
  • pgrxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, postgresql, rust.
  • sqlx-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, postgresql, rust.

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment