# Install cargo-chef

A cargo sub-command to build project dependencies for optimal Docker layer caching. Version 0.1.77 via Cargo; verified 2026-03-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:cargo-chef
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-chef
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-chef
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-chef>
- **Version:** 0.1.77
- **Source summary:** A cargo sub-command to build project dependencies for optimal Docker layer caching.
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/cargo-chef>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-chef/cargo-chef-0.1.77.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-03-03 14:17:30.998107+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-03 14:17:30.998107+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-chef (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 0.1.77

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-chef. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 304,632
- **Crate Size:** 40,058
- **Edition:** 2018
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 79
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 2,082,509

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-chef: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-chef/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-chef - 0.1.77-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-chef from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A cargo sub-command to build project dependencies for optimal Docker layer caching. | https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef
- apk - cargo-chef-doc - 0.1.77-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-chef-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A cargo sub-command to build project dependencies for optimal Docker layer caching. (documentation) | https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef


## Related Links

- [cargo-chef](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-chef/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph