安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%

brew install cabin

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nix已验证 · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cabin

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cabin/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Package manager and build system for C/C++

项目链接

命令和别名

cabin

历史

项目历史与用法

Cabin is a pre-1.0, Cargo-inspired package manager and build system for conventional C and C++ projects. It is written in Rust and aims to reduce C/C++ build boilerplate with predictable project structure and declarative metadata.

项目历史

Cabin's README describes it as an opinionated C/C++ build tool inspired by Cargo, but the official docs stress that it is not Cargo-compatible. It borrows Cargo vocabulary where it fits and deliberately diverges where C/C++ build semantics require separate treatment.

The project was initially funded by Japan's MITOU IT Program, according to the README sponsorship section, with additional support from Shigeru Urushibara of UL Systems. That funding history explains why a niche C/C++ build tool has a fairly complete documentation surface despite being pre-1.0.

The 2026 documentation covers manifests, configuration discovery, workspaces, dependencies, lockfiles, source artifacts, testing, compiler wrappers, registry design, and CLI distribution artifacts, indicating a broad attempt to model package-manager behavior rather than just invoke a compiler.

采用历史

Cabin's public adoption appears early and niche. Its own README carries a pre-1.0 caution, while Homebrew and Nix packaging show that the CLI has become installable through normal developer package channels.

The release history shows active 2024-2026 development, with 0.10.1 in September 2024, 0.13.0 in July 2025, and 0.16.0 in June 2026. Recent releases emphasize manifest changes, workspaces, language standards, testing, docs, release automation, and distribution packaging.

使用方式

Users run cabin new or cabin init to scaffold a package, cabin build to build it, cabin run to execute it, and cabin metadata, tree, or explain to inspect resolved state. A minimal cabin.toml declares package metadata and targets such as executables or libraries.

Cabin targets mixed C/C++ projects where CC and CXX remain independent, C and C++ standards stay separate, and the resolved build configuration gets a deterministic fingerprint.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, Cabin is interesting because it asks what Cargo-like ergonomics look like for C and C++ without pretending C/C++ has Rust's compilation model. It packages conventions, lockfiles, manifests, workspaces, and registry ideas around languages that historically outsourced those choices to build systems and distribution maintainers.

It is also a compact example of Rust tooling being used to build developer infrastructure for non-Rust ecosystems.

时间线

2018: Cabin was initially funded by the MITOU IT Program.
2024-09-06: Cabin 0.10.1 was released.
2025-07-25: Cabin 0.13.0 was released.
2026-06-01: Cabin 0.14.0 was released.
2026-06-09: Cabin 0.15.0 was released.
2026-06-26: Cabin 0.16.0 was released.

Related projects

Cargo is the explicit interface inspiration, though Cabin is not Cargo-compatible.
CMake, Meson, Make, and Ninja are adjacent C/C++ build-system reference points.
Rust is relevant because Cabin itself is written in Rust.

来源

安全态势

风险级别：orange

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

风险分类器

orange 风险 · 中置信度 · infrastructure

原因

generalized runtime or code generation signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

信号

text:build system
text:package manager

安装行为

formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
构建元数据列出 1 个构建依赖。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

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

Linux: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cabin/config.toml~/.config/cabin/config.toml<workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml<package-root>/.cabin/config.toml$CABIN_CONFIG
macOS: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml~/Library/Application Support/cabin/config.toml<workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml<package-root>/.cabin/config.toml$CABIN_CONFIG
Windows: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml%APPDATA%\cabin\config.toml<workspace-root>\.cabin\config.toml<package-root>\.cabin\config.toml%CABIN_CONFIG%

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令	类型	暴露范围	备注
`cabin`	cli	全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25

管理器版本0.17.0

管理器更新时间2026-07-07

本地数据OK

上游当前

检测到的最新版本0.17.0

https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin

OK没有生成新鲜度警告。

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键	brew:cabin
版本	0.17.0
软件包管理器	Homebrew
软件包管理器页面	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cabin
主页	https://cabinpkg.com
仓库	https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin
上游文档	https://cabinpkg.com/docs
许可证	Apache-2.0
源码归档	https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin/archive/refs/tags/0.17.0.tar.gz
最后更新	2026-07-07T07:00:26Z
Pulse	updated
构建依赖	rust
Bottle	可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	未定义
服务	未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	cabin
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

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Nix95%

cabin

nix profile install nixpkgs#cabin

normalized package name match
匹配方式：Cabin

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

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cabin.yml

使用的来源

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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