bacon

bacon [options] [job]

bacon is a background Rust code checker that runs cargo commands in watch mode. It continuously checks your code for compilation errors, warnings, and clippy lints, displaying results in a terminal UI.The tool provides immediate feedback during development without manually running cargo commands. When no ambiguity exists, the job name can be passed directly as a positional argument (e.g. `bacon clippy` instead of `bacon --job clippy`).Default jobs include check (cargo check), clippy (clippy lints), test (run tests), doc (generate documentation), and run (build and run). Custom jobs can be defined in bacon.toml.

-j, --job name

Run the specified job. Can also be passed as a positional argument without the flag when unambiguous.

List all available jobs and exit.

Set the project directory (default is current directory).

Use a specific bacon.toml configuration file.

Additional paths to watch for changes.

Create a bacon.toml configuration file in the current project if one does not exist.

Create the preferences file if it does not exist and print its path.

Show a summary of results when finishing.

Disable default cargo features.

Comma-separated list of cargo features to enable.

Enable all available cargo features.

Requires the Rust toolchain to be installed. Continuous checking may cause high CPU usage on large projects. The terminal UI requires a compatible terminal emulator.

bacon was created by Denys Séguret (Canop) around 2021 to provide a better development experience for Rust projects with continuous feedback.

cargo(1), cargo-watch(1), clippy(1), rustc(1)