The Cargo Book

Cargo is theRustpackage manager. Cargo downloads your Rustpackage’sdependencies, compiles your packages, makes distributable packages, and uploads them tocrates.io, the Rust community’spackage registry. You can contributeto this book onGitHub.

Sections

Getting Started

To get started with Cargo, install Cargo (and Rust) and set up your firstcrate.

Cargo Guide

The guide will give you all you need to know about how to use Cargo to developRust packages.

Cargo Reference

The reference covers the details of various areas of Cargo.

Cargo Commands

The commands will let you interact with Cargo using its command-line interface.

Frequently Asked Questions

Appendices:

• Glossary
• Git Authentication

Other Documentation:

• Changelog— Detailed notes about changes in Cargo in each release.
• Rust documentation website — Links to officialRust documentation and tools.