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Install cargo-instruments with Homebrew
Easily generate Instruments traces for your rust crate. Version 0.4.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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overview
Package summary
Easily generate Instruments traces for your rust crate
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cargo-instruments
history
Project history and usage
cargo-instruments is a Cargo subcommand for profiling Rust binaries with Apple's Xcode Instruments. Its README describes it as glue between Cargo and Xcode's profiling suite, producing trace files that can be opened in Instruments.app.
Project history
The crate first appeared on crates.io in March 2019 and remains a macOS-focused tool: the official README says it requires macOS because it uses Instruments, selecting either the older instruments command or xcrun xctrace depending on the macOS version.
Adoption history
Homebrew packages cargo-instruments as a formula, and the official README presents brew install cargo-instruments as the simplest installation path. Crates.io metadata reported 47,159 downloads and version 0.4.17 when checked on 2026-06-30.
How it is used
Users run cargo instruments against a package binary, example, or benchmark target, choose an Instruments template such as Allocations or Time Profiler, and inspect the generated .trace output under target/instruments or another requested path.
Why package nerds care
It is a niche but useful bridge between the Rust package workflow and Apple's native profiler, notable because it exposes Instruments through a cargo subcommand instead of requiring users to manually stage and launch binaries.
Timeline
- 2019: First crates.io release 0.1.0.
- 2026: Crates.io latest version 0.4.17 and Homebrew stable version 0.4.17.
Related projects
- Related tooling includes Cargo itself and Xcode Instruments; cargo-instruments delegates profiling to Apple's Instruments/xctrace tooling.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-instruments. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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-instruments | 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 version0.4.17
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cargo-instruments |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.17 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/cmyr/cargo-instruments |
| Repository | https://github.com/cmyr/cargo-instruments |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:02:58-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
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