# Install cargo-make with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman

Rust task runner and build tool. Version 0.37.24 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-make.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cargo-make
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-make
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-make
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-make from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-make
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-make
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-make from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-make
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.37.24
- **Source summary:** Rust task runner and build tool
- **Homepage:** <https://sagiegurari.github.io/cargo-make/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:11-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-make (alias)
- makers (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.37.24
## Project history and usage

cargo-make is a Rust task runner and build tool. Its official documentation describes TOML task files that define flows for formatting, building, testing, documentation, benches, security validation, and other project automation.

### Project history

The crate first appeared on crates.io in June 2017 as version 0.1.0. The official documentation presents both cargo-make, invoked as cargo make, and makers, a standalone executable with the same features.

### Adoption history

cargo-make is packaged broadly for a Rust CLI tool: the input facts list apk, Homebrew, Nix, and Arch packages, and the official docs mention Arch installation and binary releases. Crates.io reported 3,466,972 downloads when checked on 2026-06-30.

### How it is used

Users normally create a Makefile.toml, define tasks under [tasks.*], and run a flow such as cargo make my-flow. The tool also supports predefined flows, workspace behavior, profiles, environment variables, conditions, plugins, and CI examples.

### Why package nerds care

It gives Rust packages a TOML-native automation layer that travels with the repository, filling the same cultural space as make, npm scripts, and task runners while staying close to Cargo conventions.

### Timeline

- 2017: First crates.io release 0.1.0.
- 2025: Crates.io latest version 0.37.24.
- 2026: Homebrew stable version 0.37.24.

### Related projects

- Related tools include Cargo, traditional make, language-specific task runners, and cargo-make's standalone makers executable.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/sagiegurari/cargo-make>
- <https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make>
- <https://sagiegurari.github.io/cargo-make>
- <https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-make>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cargo-make.json>


## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: Makefile.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-make: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-make/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-make - 0.37.24-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-make from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Rust task runner and build tool | https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make
- apk - cargo-make-bash-completion - 0.37.24-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-make-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for cargo-make | https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make
- pacman - cargo-make - 0.37.24-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-make from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Rust task runner and build tool | https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make


## Related links

- [cargo-make](https://pkg.so/pkg/cargo/cargo-make/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cargo-make.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cargo-make.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph