# Install toon-format with Cargo

Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) - a token-efficient JSON alternative for LLM prompts. Version 0.5.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-05-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libtoon-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:toon-format
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install toon-format
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:toon-format
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/toon-format>
- **Version:** 0.5.0
- **Source summary:** Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) - a token-efficient JSON alternative for LLM prompts
- **Homepage:** <https://toonformat.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/toon-format/toon-rust>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/toon-format>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/toon-format/toon-format-0.5.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-05-22 04:54:24.601924+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22 04:54:24.601924+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for toon-format. 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:** 1,912,185
- **Crate Size:** 105,898
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 22
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 2,439,772

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libtoon-dev - 0.0~git20220106104723.370dcd9-3+b1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libtoon-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ numerics library designed for large numbers of small matrices | https://www.edwardrosten.com/cvd/toon.html
- Ubuntu apt - libtoon-dev - 0.0~git20220106104723.370dcd9-3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtoon-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ numerics library designed for large numbers of small matrices | https://www.edwardrosten.com/cvd/toon.html


## Sources

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