# Install cargo-llvm-cov with Cargo

Cargo subcommand to easily use LLVM source-based code coverage (-C instrument-coverage). Version 0.8.7 via Cargo; verified 2026-05-13. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-llvm-cov.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:cargo-llvm-cov
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-llvm-cov
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-llvm-cov
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-llvm-cov>
- **Version:** 0.8.7
- **Source summary:** Cargo subcommand to easily use LLVM source-based code coverage (-C instrument-coverage).
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/taiki-e/cargo-llvm-cov>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-llvm-cov/cargo-llvm-cov-0.8.7.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-05-13 00:59:53.341226+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-13 00:59:53.341226+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cargo-llvm-cov (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.7

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 345,210
- **Crate Size:** 105,708
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 122
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.87
- **Version ID:** 2,389,807

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-llvm-cov: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-llvm-cov/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - cargo-llvm-cov - 0.8.7-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-llvm-cov from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Cargo subcommand to easily use LLVM source-based code coverage (-Z instrument-coverage). | https://github.com/taiki-e/cargo-llvm-cov


## Related links

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

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph