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    cargo-bins/cargo-binstall

    Binary installation for rust projects

    backend
    binary
    installer
    rust
    Rust
    GPL-3.0
    2.9K stars
    129 forks
    2.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 26, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 91 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #71 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 29, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a streamlined tool to install Rust binaries from precompiled releases or source as a faster alternative to cargo install.
    • Reduces installation time and complexity by fetching prebuilt binaries from multiple sources before falling back to building from source.
    • Use for quickly installing Rust CLI tools in CI pipelines without compiling from source to save build time.
    • Use for Rust project maintainers to distribute binaries easily by linking releases with minimal overhead.
    • Use for developers on constrained devices who want faster Rust binary installation without full compilation.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    Binstall provides a low-complexity mechanism for installing Rust binaries as an alternative to building from source (via cargo install) or manually downloading packages. This is intended to work with existing CI artifacts and infrastructure, and with minimal overhead for package maintainers.

    Binstall works by fetching the crate information from crates.io and searching the linked repository for matching releases and artifacts, falling back to the quickinstall third-party artifact host, to alternate targets as supported, and finally to cargo install as a last resort.

    You may want to see this page as it was when the latest version was published.

    Binstall aims to be a drop-in replacement for cargo install in many cases, and supports similar options.

    For unattended use (e.g. in CI), use the --no-confirm flag. For additional options please see cargo binstall --help.

    Excerpt from the cargo-bins/cargo-binstall README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    129+20

    Open issues

    101+0

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