Rust Binary Package Manager

A binary package manager built on top of crates.io.

Why

Rust already has an amazing package manager: cargo. However, cargo is mostly a dependency manager for Rust projects. It is not primarily a binary package manager. Even though you can install binary crates with cargo, updating and maintaining them properly requires third-party solutions such as the cargo-update plugin.

This project aims to provide a simple, easy to use, and reliable binary package manager for Rust.

Installation

cargo install capm --locked

Or install from main branch cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/splittydev/cap

Or install from source git clone https://github.com/splittydev/cap cargo install --locked --path ./cap

Usage

Note: Not all commands are implemented yet.

Install a package cap install <package>

Uninstall a package cap uninstall <package>

Update a package cap update <package>

Update all packages cap update

Check a package for updates cap check <package>

Check all packages for updates cap check

List all installed packages cap list

Search for a package cap search <package>

Reverse search for a binary cap search -r <binary>

Show package info cap info <package>