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cargo-geiger mit Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman installieren

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Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install cargo-geiger

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add cargo-geiger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cargo-geiger · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-geiger

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-geiger/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S cargo-geiger

Arch Linux sync databases · cargo-geiger · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies

Projektlinks

Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

cargo-geiger

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

cargo-geiger is a Cargo subcommand that reports unsafe Rust usage in a crate and its dependency graph. Its name references a Geiger counter: unsafe code is treated as something worth detecting, measuring, and containing.

The project is intentionally framed as audit input, not an automatic security verdict. Its README warns that unsafe usage is nuanced and that reports should be handled carefully.

Projektgeschichte

The cargo-geiger repository and crate were created in June 2018. The README says the tool was originally based on code from cargo-osha and cargo-tree, combining unsafe-code scanning with dependency-tree traversal.

Over time the project split reusable pieces into library crates, including `geiger` and `cargo-geiger-serde`. The changelog records substantial dependency-graph work in 0.11.0 using cargo_metadata and JSON/report serialization improvements.

Adoptionsgeschichte

cargo-geiger found a niche in Rust security review and supply-chain auditing, especially among developers interested in minimizing or documenting unsafe code in dependencies.

The README points users toward cargo-crev and safety-dance as audit contexts where cargo-geiger statistics can help. That positioning kept it from becoming a simplistic 'unsafe equals bad' badge while still making unsafe usage visible.

Wie es verwendet wird

Usage is intentionally simple: run `cargo geiger` from the directory containing the `Cargo.toml` to analyze. The tool reports unsafe-code statistics for the crate and dependencies.

The README documents installation with `cargo install --locked cargo-geiger`, an optional vendored OpenSSL build, and prebuilt GitHub releases.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

cargo-geiger is package-nerd significant because it made unsafe-code exposure a transitive package property that could be inspected like licenses, advisories, or dependency trees.

It also shows Rust's audit culture maturing: package metadata alone is not enough, so tools emerged to summarize source-level risk signals across the dependency graph.

Zeitleiste

2018-06-20: GitHub repository created and cargo-geiger 0.1.0 published to crates.io.
2018-2019: Project builds on cargo-osha and cargo-tree ideas to scan crates and dependencies for unsafe usage.
2020: 0.11.0 changelog records dependency-graph exploration through cargo_metadata and adds JSON/report serialization pieces.
2026: Project remains active under geiger-rs with more than 190,000 crates.io downloads.

Related projects

cargo-osha and cargo-tree are named by the README as original sources of code or ideas.
cargo-crev and safety-dance are named as audit workflows where cargo-geiger output can provide statistical input.
cargo_metadata became important to cargo-geiger's dependency-graph handling, according to the changelog.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`cargo-geiger`	Executable	indexiertes Executable	Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt.

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-08-03

Manager-Version0.13.0

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-22

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Upstreamnicht verfügbar

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:cargo-geiger
Version	0.13.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger
Repository	https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-22T14:02:57-07:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	nicht erfasst
Dienst	keiner deklariert

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Nix95%

cargo-geiger

nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-geiger

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cargo Geiger

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

apk95%

cargo-geiger 0.13.0-r0

Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies.

https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger

sudo apk add cargo-geiger

License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cargo-geiger
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cargo Geiger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-geiger from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

cargo-geiger-doc 0.13.0-r0

Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies. (documentation)

https://github.com/geiger-rs/cargo-geiger

sudo apk add cargo-geiger-doc

License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cargo-geiger
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Cargo Geiger

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-geiger-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

cargo-geiger 0.13.0-1