# Install cargo-run-bin with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman

Build, cache, and run binaries from Cargo.toml to avoid global installs. Version 1.7.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-run-bin.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cargo-run-bin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-run-bin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-run-bin
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-run-bin
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-run-bin
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-run-bin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.7.4
- **Source summary:** Build, cache, and run binaries from Cargo.toml to avoid global installs
- **Homepage:** <https://dustinblackman.com/posts/why-does-everyone-install-crates-globally/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:11-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-bin (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.7.4
## Project history and usage

cargo-run-bin is a Cargo-oriented tool for building, caching, and running project-scoped CLI binaries declared in Cargo.toml instead of installing those tools globally.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2021 and the first crates.io release followed later that month. The README positions the tool as similar to npm run and gomodrun, aimed at preventing team and CI tool-version drift.

### Adoption history

crates.io metadata lists it as a Cargo plugin and command-line utility. Batch package facts show packaging across Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Arch, and the README also documents distro-package installation paths.

### How it is used

Users declare tools under [package.metadata.bin] or [workspace.metadata.bin] in Cargo.toml, then run cargo bin CRATE to install/cache and execute the requested binary. The README also documents cargo bin --install and cargo bin --sync-aliases for Cargo-extension aliases.

### Why package nerds care

It gives Rust projects a lightweight, Cargo-native answer to pinned developer tooling: tool versions live with the project manifest, which makes onboarding and CI behavior less dependent on whatever happens to be globally installed.

### Timeline

- 2021: Repository created and first crates.io release published.
- 2024: v1.7.x releases documented on GitHub.
- 2026: crates.io reported v1.7.5 as the latest release.

### Related projects

- README compares the workflow to npm run and gomodrun.
- README says cargo-binstall can be used for prebuilt binary installs when available.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin>
- <https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin>
- <https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin#readme>
- <https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-run-bin>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cargo-run-bin.json>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: Cargo.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-run-bin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-run-bin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-run-bin - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-run-bin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Build, cache, and run CLI tools scoped in Cargo.toml | https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin
- apk - cargo-run-bin-doc - 1.7.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-run-bin-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Build, cache, and run CLI tools scoped in Cargo.toml (documentation) | https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin
- pacman - cargo-run-bin - 1.7.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-run-bin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Build, cache, and run CLI tools scoped in Cargo.toml | https://github.com/dustinblackman/cargo-run-bin


## Combined YAML source

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