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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install maturin

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Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add maturin

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Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install maturin

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Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#maturin

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Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S maturin

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overview

Package summary

Build and publish Rust crates as Python packages

Project links

Commands and aliases

maturin

history

Project history and usage

maturin is the PyO3 ecosystem's Rust-to-Python packaging tool. It builds Rust crates with PyO3, cffi, UniFFI, and binary bindings into Python wheels and source distributions, and can also publish packages to PyPI.

Project history

The README identifies maturin as formerly `pyo3-pack`, and the changelog records the 0.1.0 release on 2018-08-22. A later changelog entry states that the project changed its name from pyo3-pack to maturin and added PEP 517 support.

The project evolved from a PyO3-focused wheel builder into a broader Python packaging bridge for Rust. The README documents support for Python 3.8+ wheels on Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD, plus PyPy and GraalPy support. The changelog tracks packaging-specific work such as manylinux, musllinux, auditwheel behavior, PEP 621 metadata, PEP 660 editable installs, UniFFI support, Zig-based cross compilation, and PyPI attestations.

Adoption history

maturin's adoption followed the growth of Python packages with Rust native extensions. The README examples list prominent Rust-backed Python projects and bindings such as orjson, polars, pydantic-core, ruff, tantivy-py, watchfiles, DataFusion/Arrow bindings, and delta-rs Python bindings.

The batch input records packaging in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, and Arch. In practice, maturin is also commonly installed from PyPI with pip, pipx, uv, or as part of PEP 517 builds, making it both an end-user CLI and a build backend in Python packaging workflows.

How it is used

Common commands are `maturin new`, `maturin build`, and `maturin develop`. The README recommends `maturin build` for producing wheels under `target/wheels`, `maturin develop` for installing into the current virtualenv during development, and `uv publish` or related tooling for publication.

Configuration lives in `pyproject.toml` when projects need Python metadata, build-system configuration, `tool.maturin` options, Python source layout, binding type, compatibility settings, include rules, or PEP 621 metadata. For simple projects, the README says maturin can work with minimal extra configuration and merge metadata from Cargo.toml and pyproject.toml.

Why package nerds care

maturin is a package-nerd cornerstone because it sits exactly where Rust's Cargo model and Python's wheel/PEP ecosystem meet. It hides a lot of platform tagging, manylinux/musllinux, interpreter detection, native-library repair, metadata, and cross-compilation detail behind one command.

Its importance rose as Python projects adopted Rust for speed and safety while still needing ordinary `pip install` behavior. For distro and Homebrew maintainers, maturin is both a packaged tool and part of the build chain for other packages.

Timeline

2018: Changelog records the 0.1.0 release.
2020: Changelog records the rename from pyo3-pack to maturin and PEP 517 support.
2023: GitHub release v1.0.0 is published.
2020s: Changelog records support for PEP 621, PEP 660, musllinux, UniFFI, Zig cross compilation, SBOMs, and PyPI attestations.

Related projects

maturin is closely tied to PyO3 and Python packaging standards. Neighboring tools and projects include setuptools-rust, auditwheel, cibuildwheel, uv, pipx, Cargo, PyPI, and Rust-backed Python packages such as pydantic-core, ruff, orjson, polars, and watchfiles.

Sources

security posture

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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.

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Configuration files

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

Unix: pyproject.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`maturin`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.14.1

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.14.1

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:maturin
Version	1.14.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/maturin
Homepage	https://github.com/PyO3/maturin
Repository	https://github.com/PyO3/maturin
Upstream docs	https://www.maturin.rs/
License	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/archive/refs/tags/v1.14.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-19T08:00:43Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	xz
Build dependencies	pkgconf, 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	maturin
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

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Nix95%

maturin

nix profile install nixpkgs#maturin

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

apk95%

maturin 1.11.5-r1

Build and publish crates with pyo3, rust-cpython and cffi bindings

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add maturin

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: maturin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

maturin-bash-completion 1.11.5-r1

Bash completions for maturin

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add maturin-bash-completion

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: maturin-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

maturin-fish-completion 1.11.5-r1

Fish completions for maturin

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add maturin-fish-completion

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: maturin-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

maturin-zsh-completion 1.11.5-r1

Zsh completions for maturin

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add maturin-zsh-completion

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: maturin-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

py3-maturin 1.11.5-r1

Build and publish crates with pyo3, rust-cpython and cffi bindings (python module)

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add py3-maturin

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-maturin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

py3-maturin-pyc 1.11.5-r1

Precompiled Python bytecode for py3-maturin

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo apk add py3-maturin-pyc

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py3-maturin-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

maturin 1.9.6-6.fc45

Build and publish Rust crates as Python packages

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo dnf install maturin

License: 0BSD AND Apache-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MPL-2.0 AND Unicode-3.0 AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (0BSD OR MIT OR
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: maturin
8 dependencies
6 provides
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Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: maturin from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

maturin 1.13.3-1

Build and publish crates with pyo3, rust-cpython and cffi bindings

https://github.com/PyO3/maturin

sudo pacman -S maturin

License: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Architecture: x86_64
4 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Maturin

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: maturin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

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combined/maturin.yml

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