# Install cargo-mutants with Cargo

Inject bugs and see if your tests catch them. Version 27.1.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-06-02. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cargo-mutants.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:cargo-mutants
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-mutants
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-mutants
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-mutants>
- **Version:** 27.1.0
- **Source summary:** Inject bugs and see if your tests catch them
- **Homepage:** <https://mutants.rs/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sourcefrog/cargo-mutants>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-mutants/cargo-mutants-27.1.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-06-02 15:18:24.420387+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-02 15:18:24.420387+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 27.1.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-mutants. 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:** 470,655
- **Crate Size:** 244,490
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: crate has no library target
- **Has Lib:** no
- **Num Versions:** 71
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.88
- **Version ID:** 2,500,397

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cargo-mutants - 25.0.0-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cargo-mutants from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Inject bugs and see if your tests catch them | https://mutants.rs/
- Nix - cargo-mutants: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-mutants/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cargo-mutants - 23.10.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cargo-mutants from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Find inadequately-tested code that can be removed without any tests failing | https://mutants.rs/


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph