# Install cargo-binstall with Cargo

Binary installation for rust projects. Version 1.23.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-09-05. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-binstall.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-binstall
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-binstall
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-binstall>
- **Version:** 1.23.0
- **Source summary:** Binary installation for rust projects
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/cargo-binstall>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-binstall/cargo-binstall-1.23.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-09-05 16:59:01.959145+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-05 16:59:01.959145+00
- **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-09-19
- Package-manager version: 1.23.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-binstall. 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:** 322,648
- **Crate Size:** 80,337
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 157
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.79.0
- **Version ID:** 3,164,651

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-binstall: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-binstall/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - cargo-binstall - 1.22.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-binstall from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Binary installation for Rust projects | https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall
- Scoop - main/cargo-binstall: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cargo-binstall.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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