# Install py-spy with Cargo

Sampling profiler for Python programs. Version 0.4.2 via Cargo; verified 2026-04-24.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:py-spy
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install py-spy
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:py-spy
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/py-spy>
- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Source summary:** Sampling profiler for Python programs
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/benfred/py-spy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/benfred/py-spy>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/py-spy/py-spy-0.4.2.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-04-24 22:09:42.172612+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-24 22:09:42.172612+00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.4.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for py-spy. 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:** 83,109
- **Crate Size:** 279,680
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 21
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 2,303,227

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - py-spy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/py/py-spy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - py-spy - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Sampling profiler for Python programs | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-bash-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-doc - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Sampling profiler for Python programs (documentation) | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-fish-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy
- apk - py-spy-zsh-completion - 0.3.14-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: py-spy-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for py-spy | https://github.com/benfred/py-spy


## Related links

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

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- av.db category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph