# Install cargo-watch with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop

Watches over your Cargo project's source. Version 8.5.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-watch.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-watch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-watch
```

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

- Nix (92%):

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-watch
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/cargo-watch
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cargo-watch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cargo-watch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 8.5.3
- **Source summary:** Watches over your Cargo project's source
- **Homepage:** <https://watchexec.github.io/#cargo-watch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/watchexec/cargo-watch>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-watch (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.5.3

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-watch. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-watch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-watch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-watch - 8.5.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-watch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for Cargo to compile projects when sources change | https://github.com/watchexec/cargo-watch
- apk - cargo-watch-doc - 8.5.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-watch-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for Cargo to compile projects when sources change (documentation) | https://github.com/watchexec/cargo-watch
- apk - cargo-watch-zsh-completion - 8.5.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-watch-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for cargo-watch | https://github.com/watchexec/cargo-watch
- pacman - cargo-watch - 8.5.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-watch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utility for Cargo to compile projects when sources change | https://github.com/watchexec/cargo-watch
- Scoop - main/cargo-watch: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cargo-watch.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph