macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cargo-depgraphlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install cargo-depgraph with Homebrew, Nix, pacman
Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-depgraph.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-depgraphnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-depgraph/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S cargo-depgraphArch Linux sync databases · cargo-depgraph · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cargo-depgraph
history
Project history and usage
cargo-depgraph is a Cargo subcommand for turning a Rust package's Cargo metadata into Graphviz dependency graphs. It fills the small but durable need to see feature, target, dev, build, optional, and transitive dependency structure as an image or DOT graph.
Project history
The crate was published on crates.io in July 2020 with the description that it creates dependency graphs for Cargo projects using cargo metadata and Graphviz. Its official repository metadata has since appeared under jplatte's Codeberg account, while crates.io still records the older SourceHut repository URL, suggesting a repository-hosting move rather than a change in purpose.
The README's examples focus on piping `cargo depgraph` into Graphviz's `dot`, and the documented output legend shows the project grew around Cargo-specific semantics rather than generic graph rendering.
Adoption history
Adoption is niche but broad enough for distribution packaging: the supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Nix, and Arch Linux packages, and crates.io records tens of thousands of downloads. That puts cargo-depgraph in the class of Rust ecosystem utilities that are not core workflow tools, but are useful enough to be packaged by Unix-oriented distributions.
How it is used
Users run `cargo depgraph [options] | dot -Tpng > graph.png` from a Cargo project, with Graphviz installed locally or another DOT renderer available. Common options include `--all-deps` and `--all-deps --dedup-transitive-deps` for fuller dependency views.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care about cargo-depgraph because it exposes Cargo resolver state visually: optional dependencies, target-specific dependencies, build dependencies, dev dependencies, and transitive optional edges become inspectable without hand-reading `Cargo.lock` and `Cargo.toml` trees.
It is also a good example of the Rust community's habit of building small Cargo subcommands around `cargo metadata`, then letting traditional Unix tools such as Graphviz handle the final representation.
Timeline
- 2020: cargo-depgraph crate first published on crates.io.
- 2023: crates.io metadata for cargo-depgraph last updated at version 1.6.0.
- 2026: Codeberg repository metadata lists jplatte/cargo-depgraph as an active repository.
Related projects
- Cargo metadata is the data source that lets cargo-depgraph inspect Rust package graphs.
- Graphviz is the rendering toolchain used by the README examples.
- Other Cargo inspection tools, such as cargo tree, overlap in dependency exploration but present the graph as text rather than DOT output.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cargo-depgraph | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.6.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cargo-depgraph |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://sr.ht/~jplatte/cargo-depgraph/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
cargo-depgraph
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-depgraph- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cargo Depgraph
pacman95%
cargo-depgraph 1.6.0-3
Creates dependency graphs for cargo projects using cargo metadata and graphviz
https://github.com/jplatte/cargo-depgraph
sudo pacman -S cargo-depgraph- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cargo Depgraph
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation