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使用 Homebrew, Nix, pacman 安装 cargo-about

查看 cargo-about 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。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install cargo-about

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-about

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-about/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S cargo-about

Arch Linux sync databases · cargo-about · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

概览

软件包摘要

Cargo plugin to generate list of all licenses for a crate

命令和别名

  • cargo-about

历史

项目历史与用法

cargo-about is an Embark Studios Cargo plugin for generating license listings for the full dependency graph of a Rust crate. It sits at the intersection of Cargo metadata, SPDX license data, and release compliance work.

项目历史

Embark Studios created the public cargo-about repository in November 2019 and released it as one of its open-source Rust tools. The README states that Embark uses and likes the tool internally, while warning that it is not legal advice.

The project provides both a command-line Cargo subcommand and an mdBook manual. Its normal workflow is to initialize an about.toml and template, then generate a license output such as an HTML notice file from dependency metadata.

采用历史

cargo-about's adoption follows Rust projects that need repeatable license disclosure for dependency-heavy applications. The supplied package-manager facts list Homebrew, Nix, and Arch Linux packages, and the upstream README documents installation from crates.io and Arch Linux.

The project also benefited from Embark's wider open-source Rust toolchain presence. Its repository topics include SPDX, license-checking, Cargo plugin, and Rust, which describe the niche it occupies among Cargo subcommands.

使用方式

The documented starting workflow is `cargo about init`, which creates about.toml and about.hbs in a Cargo project, followed by `cargo about generate about.hbs` to produce license information.

The official book documents commands and configuration for generating, clarifying, and working around license metadata issues, making cargo-about more of a compliance-report generator than a general dependency-audit scanner.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

cargo-about matters because open-source license obligations are one of the least glamorous but most important parts of shipping packaged software. Rust's transitive dependency graphs can be large, and cargo-about turns that graph into a reproducible artifact for release notes, installers, game bundles, and product distributions.

For package nerds, its importance is also cultural: it is a Cargo subcommand that treats package metadata as operational data, using Cargo manifests and SPDX license identifiers to make dependency compliance automatable.

时间线

  • 2019: cargo-about repository created on GitHub.
  • 2019: GitHub releases show an initial 0.0.1 release in November.
  • 2026: Repository metadata shows continued maintenance, Rust implementation, and licensing/SPDX topics.

Related projects

  • cargo-about is related to Cargo itself, SPDX license data, crates.io package metadata, and docs.rs API documentation.
  • It overlaps culturally with cargo-deny and cargo-audit: all three turn Cargo dependency metadata into release or security decisions, but cargo-about focuses on license listings rather than vulnerability or policy enforcement.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

  • 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
<manifest_root>/about.toml

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
cargo-about可执行文件已索引可执行文件从本地可执行文件索引发现。

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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本0.9.1
管理器更新时间2026-06-30
本地数据未知
上游不可用
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安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:cargo-about
版本0.9.1
软件包管理器Homebrew
主页https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about
仓库https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about
最后更新2026-06-30T12:38:26Z
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Nix95%

cargo-about

nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-about
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cargo About
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-about/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

cargo-about 0.8.4-2

Cargo plugin to generate list of all licenses for a crate

https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/cargo-about

sudo pacman -S cargo-about
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Cargo About
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-about from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

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