# Install cargo-nextest with Cargo

A next-generation test runner for Rust. Version 0.9.140 via Cargo; verified 2026-07-05. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-nextest.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-nextest
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-nextest
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-nextest>
- **Version:** 0.9.140
- **Source summary:** A next-generation test runner for Rust.
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://nexte.st>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-nextest/cargo-nextest-0.9.140.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-07-05 22:16:21.88081+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-05 22:16:21.88081+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.140

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-nextest. 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:** 531,945
- **Crate Size:** 152,938
- **Edition:** 2024
- **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:** 166
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.91
- **Version ID:** 2,721,267

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-nextest: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-nextest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-nextest - 0.9.110-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-nextest from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A next-generation test runner for Rust | https://nexte.st/
- pacman - cargo-nextest - 0.9.140-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-nextest from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A next-generation test runner for Rust. | https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest
- winget - nextest.cargo-nextest: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: nextest.cargo-nextest from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

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

## Sources

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