# Install cargo-shear with Cargo

Detect and fix unused/misplaced dependencies from Cargo.toml. Version 1.13.4 via Cargo; verified 2026-08-11. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-shear.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-shear
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-shear
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-shear>
- **Version:** 1.13.4
- **Source summary:** Detect and fix unused/misplaced dependencies from Cargo.toml
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Boshen/cargo-shear>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-shear/cargo-shear-1.13.4.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-08-11 16:06:19.19642+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11 16:06:19.19642+00
- **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-09-19
- Package-manager version: 1.13.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-shear. 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:** 1,174,532
- **Crate Size:** 79,310
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target, archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 88
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.95
- **Version ID:** 2,974,333

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-shear: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-shear/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Boshen.cargo-shear: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Boshen.cargo-shear from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

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