# Install cbindgen

A tool for generating C bindings to Rust code. Version 0.29.4 via Cargo; verified 2026-06-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:cbindgen
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cbindgen
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cbindgen
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/cbindgen>
- **Version:** 0.29.4
- **Source summary:** A tool for generating C bindings to Rust code.
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen>
- **License:** MPL-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cbindgen/cbindgen-0.29.4.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-06-09 19:03:00.526368+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09 19:03:00.526368+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 0.29.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cbindgen. 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:** 10,418
- **Crate Size:** 238,017
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 106
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.74
- **Version ID:** 2,540,376

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cbindgen - 0.27.0-1+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cbindgen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Generates C bindings from Rust code
- Ubuntu apt - cbindgen - 0.26.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cbindgen from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Generates C bindings from Rust code
- apk - cbindgen - 0.29.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cbindgen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool to generate C bindings from Rust code | https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen
- dnf - cbindgen - 0.29.3-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cbindgen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Tool for generating C bindings to Rust code | https://crates.io/crates/cbindgen
- pacman - cbindgen - 0.29.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cbindgen from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool for generating C bindings to Rust code | https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen
- MacPorts - cbindgen: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/cbindgen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related Links

- [cbindgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cbindgen/) - 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