# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 cabin

查看 cabin 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:cabin
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cabin
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cabin
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cabin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:cabin
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cabin>
- **版本:** 0.17.0
- **来源摘要:** Package manager and build system for C/C++
- **主页:** <https://cabinpkg.com>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin>
- **上游文档:** <https://cabinpkg.com>
- **许可证:** Apache-2.0
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin/archive/refs/tags/0.17.0.tar.gz>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-07T07:00:26Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 可执行文件

- cabin (cli)
- cabin (别名)

## 构建依赖

- rust

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-04
- 管理器版本: 0.17.0
- 管理器更新时间: 2026-07-07
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin
- 检测到的最新版本: 0.17.0 (当前)
## 项目历史与用法

Cabin is a pre-1.0, Cargo-inspired package manager and build system for conventional C and C++ projects. It is written in Rust and aims to reduce C/C++ build boilerplate with predictable project structure and declarative metadata.

### 项目历史

Cabin's README describes it as an opinionated C/C++ build tool inspired by Cargo, but the official docs stress that it is not Cargo-compatible. It borrows Cargo vocabulary where it fits and deliberately diverges where C/C++ build semantics require separate treatment.

The project was initially funded by Japan's MITOU IT Program, according to the README sponsorship section, with additional support from Shigeru Urushibara of UL Systems. That funding history explains why a niche C/C++ build tool has a fairly complete documentation surface despite being pre-1.0.

The 2026 documentation covers manifests, configuration discovery, workspaces, dependencies, lockfiles, source artifacts, testing, compiler wrappers, registry design, and CLI distribution artifacts, indicating a broad attempt to model package-manager behavior rather than just invoke a compiler.

### 采用历史

Cabin's public adoption appears early and niche. Its own README carries a pre-1.0 caution, while Homebrew and Nix packaging show that the CLI has become installable through normal developer package channels.

The release history shows active 2024-2026 development, with 0.10.1 in September 2024, 0.13.0 in July 2025, and 0.16.0 in June 2026. Recent releases emphasize manifest changes, workspaces, language standards, testing, docs, release automation, and distribution packaging.

### 使用方式

Users run cabin new or cabin init to scaffold a package, cabin build to build it, cabin run to execute it, and cabin metadata, tree, or explain to inspect resolved state. A minimal cabin.toml declares package metadata and targets such as executables or libraries.

Cabin targets mixed C/C++ projects where CC and CXX remain independent, C and C++ standards stay separate, and the resolved build configuration gets a deterministic fingerprint.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, Cabin is interesting because it asks what Cargo-like ergonomics look like for C and C++ without pretending C/C++ has Rust's compilation model. It packages conventions, lockfiles, manifests, workspaces, and registry ideas around languages that historically outsourced those choices to build systems and distribution maintainers.

It is also a compact example of Rust tooling being used to build developer infrastructure for non-Rust ecosystems.

### 时间线

- 2018: Cabin was initially funded by the MITOU IT Program.
- 2024-09-06: Cabin 0.10.1 was released.
- 2025-07-25: Cabin 0.13.0 was released.
- 2026-06-01: Cabin 0.14.0 was released.
- 2026-06-09: Cabin 0.15.0 was released.
- 2026-06-26: Cabin 0.16.0 was released.

### Related projects

- Cargo is the explicit interface inspiration, though Cabin is not Cargo-compatible.
- CMake, Meson, Make, and Ninja are adjacent C/C++ build-system reference points.
- Rust is relevant because Cabin itself is written in Rust.

### 来源

- <https://cabinpkg.com/docs/>
- <https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin>
- <https://github.com/cabinpkg/cabin/releases>
- <https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/it-talents/mitou/index.html>
- <https://www.ipa.go.jp/jinzai/mitou/it/2018/gaiyou_t-2.html>


## 安全说明

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** orange / 中
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cabin/config.toml, ~/.config/cabin/config.toml, <workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml, <package-root>/.cabin/config.toml, $CABIN_CONFIG
- macOS: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml, ~/Library/Application Support/cabin/config.toml, <workspace-root>/.cabin/config.toml, <package-root>/.cabin/config.toml, $CABIN_CONFIG
- Windows: $CABIN_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml, %APPDATA%\cabin\config.toml, <workspace-root>\.cabin\config.toml, <package-root>\.cabin\config.toml, %CABIN_CONFIG%
## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** cabin
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 其他软件包管理器记录

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


## 相关链接

- [Package publisher tools](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [dune](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/dune/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [qbs](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/qbs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [scarb](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/scarb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-manager.
- [muon](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/muon/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [cmake](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/cmake/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [ninja](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/ninja/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [luarocks](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/luarocks/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-manager.
- [scons](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/scons/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools.
- [fpm](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/fpm/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-system, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cabin.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cabin.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
