cargo-add

Add dependencies to a Rust project

TLDR

Add dependency

$ cargo add [serde]

Add with specific version

$ cargo add [serde@1.0]

Add with features

$ cargo add [tokio] --features [full]

Add as dev dependency

$ cargo add [mockall] --dev

Add as build dependency

$ cargo add [cc] --build

Add from git repository

$ cargo add --git [https://github.com/user/repo]

Add from local path

$ cargo add --path [../my-crate]

Add as optional dependency

$ cargo add [feature-crate] --optional

Rename dependency

$ cargo add [serde] --rename [my_serde]

SYNOPSIS

cargo add [options] crate...
cargo add [options] --path path
cargo add [options] --git url [crate...]

DESCRIPTION

cargo add adds or modifies dependencies in Cargo.toml. It fetches crate information from the registry and updates the manifest with the correct version constraints. Built into Cargo since v1.62.

PARAMETERS

--dev, -D

Add as development dependency

--build, -B

Add as build dependency

--optional

Mark dependency as optional

--rename name

Rename the dependency

--features features

Enable specific features

--no-default-features

Disable default features

--default-features

Re-enable default features

--path path

Add dependency from local path

--git url

Add dependency from git repository

--branch branch

Git branch to use

--tag tag

Git tag to use

--rev sha

Git commit to use

-p, --package spec

Package to modify

--dry-run

Show changes without modifying files

OUTPUT

Lists enabled (+) and disabled (-) features of added dependencies.

CAVEATS

Updates existing entries with specified flags. For Cargo versions before 1.62, install cargo-edit for this functionality.