# Install cargo-about with Cargo

Cargo plugin for generating a listing of all of the crates and the the terms under which they are licensed. Version 0.9.2 via Cargo; verified 2026-08-18. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-about.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-about
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-about
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-about>
- **Version:** 0.9.2
- **Source summary:** Cargo plugin for generating a listing of all of the crates and the the terms under which they are licensed
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/cargo-about>
- **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-about/cargo-about-0.9.2.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-08-18 14:51:10.657384+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18 14:51:10.657384+00
- **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-09-19
- Package-manager version: 0.9.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-about. 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:** 179,125
- **Crate Size:** 96,823
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target, binary name matches crate name, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 42
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.88.0
- **Version ID:** 3,024,762

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-about: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-about/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - cargo-about - 0.8.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-about from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Cargo plugin to generate list of all licenses for a crate | https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about


## Related links

- [cargo-about](https://pkg.so/brew/cargo-about/) - 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