# Install cargo-update with Cargo

A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables. Version 22.1.1 via Cargo; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-update.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-update
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-update
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-update>
- **Version:** 22.1.1
- **Source summary:** A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-update/cargo-update-22.1.1.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-07-27 23:36:04.262846+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27 23:36:04.262846+00
- **Generated:** 2026-09-19T06:45:57+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-install-update (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.
- cargo-install-update-config (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-09-19
- Package-manager version: 22.1.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-update. 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:** 7,041
- **Crate Size:** 73,255
- **Edition:** 2015
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target, archive contains src/main.rs, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 123
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.86
- **Version ID:** 2,877,851

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-update: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-update/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-update - 18.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-update from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables | https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update
- apk - cargo-update-doc - 18.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-update-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables (documentation) | https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update
- pacman - cargo-update - 22.1.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-update from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables | https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update


## Related links

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