# Install xwin with Cargo

Allows downloading and repacking the MSVC CRT and Windows SDK for cross compilation. Version 0.9.0 via Cargo; verified 2026-04-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#xwin.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install xwin
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:xwin
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/xwin>
- **Version:** 0.9.0
- **Source summary:** Allows downloading and repacking the MSVC CRT and Windows SDK for cross compilation
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Jake-Shadle/xwin>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Jake-Shadle/xwin>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/xwin/xwin-0.9.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-04-20 07:59:36.256306+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-20 07:59:36.256306+00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

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

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for 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:** 440,564
- **Crate Size:** 71,618
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 47
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 2,280,338

## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Related links

- [xwin](https://pkg.so/pkg/brew/xwin/) - 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