# 使用 Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman 安装 cargo-bloat

查看 cargo-bloat 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:cargo-bloat
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cargo-bloat
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cargo-bloat
```

  证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-bloat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#cargo-bloat
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cargo-bloat
```

  证据: Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-bloat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:cargo-bloat
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.12.1
- **来源摘要:** Find out what takes most of the space in your executable
- **主页:** <https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- cargo-bloat (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.12.1
## 项目历史与用法

cargo-bloat is a Cargo subcommand for explaining where compiled Rust binary size goes. It analyzes release artifacts and reports the largest functions or crates contributing to executable text size.

### 项目历史

Yevhenii Reizner's cargo-bloat repository was created in January 2018, and version 0.1.0 was published to crates.io a few days later. The README describes the package as a way to find what takes most of the space in an executable, with support for ELF, Mach-O, and PE binaries.

The project was explicitly inspired by Google's Bloaty binary size profiler while adopting a Rust/Cargo-specific interface. Over later releases it added and kept options such as per-crate views, filtering, splitting standard-library crates, full function names, wide output, and JSON output.

### 采用历史

cargo-bloat spread because Rust developers regularly need size explanations for CLI tools, embedded-adjacent binaries, WebAssembly-adjacent investigations, and release optimization. Crates.io places it in the Cargo plugins category and reports more than 360,000 downloads.

Its package-manager footprint is broader than a one-off Cargo plugin: the input records Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Arch packaging. That matters because size-analysis tools are often installed globally on developer machines and CI images rather than vendored into projects.

### 使用方式

The common path is `cargo install cargo-bloat` and then `cargo bloat --release -n 10` to list the largest functions in the release build. `cargo bloat --release --crates` switches the view to crate-level contribution.

The README emphasizes that per-crate numbers are estimates, not exact accounting. It also notes that WebAssembly is not supported and points users toward twiggy for that use case.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

cargo-bloat is a classic package-nerd tool because it turns compiler output into a ranked table that directly informs dependency choices. It is one of the Rust ecosystem's small, sharp CLI packages that makes invisible package cost visible.

Its relationship to Bloaty and twiggy also shows how Rust packaging borrowed from general binary-analysis culture while building Cargo-native workflows for Rust developers.

### 时间线

- 2018-01-07: GitHub repository RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat was created.
- 2018-01-11: cargo-bloat 0.1.0 was published on crates.io.
- 2018-2020: The 0.2 through 0.10 releases iterated quickly on Cargo-plugin binary-size reporting.
- 2022-06-04: Version 0.11.1 was published.
- 2024-05-10: Version 0.12.1 was published.

### Related projects

- google/bloaty is cited by the README as an inspiration.
- rustwasm/twiggy is recommended by the README for WebAssembly size analysis.
- Cargo's plugin mechanism provides the `cargo bloat` subcommand interface.

### 来源

- GitHub repository API metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat
- Official README: https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat#readme
- Package-manager adoption from source_facts.package-manager.
- crates.io API metadata and versions: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/cargo-bloat


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - cargo-bloat: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-bloat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - cargo-bloat - 0.12.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cargo-bloat from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Find out what takes most of the space in your Rust executable | https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat
- pacman - cargo-bloat - 0.12.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cargo-bloat from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Find out what takes most of the space in your executable | https://github.com/RazrFalcon/cargo-bloat


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph