# Install cargo-xwin with Cargo

Cross compile Cargo project to Windows MSVC target with ease. Version 0.23.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-06-16. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-xwin.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install cargo-xwin
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:cargo-xwin
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/cargo-xwin>
- **Version:** 0.23.0
- **Source summary:** Cross compile Cargo project to Windows MSVC target with ease
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-xwin>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/cargo-xwin/cargo-xwin-0.23.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-06-16 14:59:51.980703+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-16 14:59:51.980703+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.23.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cargo-xwin. 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:** 544,509
- **Crate Size:** 42,672
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: binary name matches crate name, binary is a Cargo subcommand
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 77
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.89
- **Version ID:** 2,587,182

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cargo-xwin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-xwin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Sources

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