cargo-help

Display help for Cargo commands

TLDR

Show general help

$ cargo help

Show help for specific command

$ cargo help [build]

List all installed commands

$ cargo --list

Verbose command list

$ cargo --list --verbose

Explain error code

$ cargo --explain [E0004]

SYNOPSIS

cargo help [command]
cargo --help
cargo --list

DESCRIPTION

cargo help displays help information for Cargo commands. Use it to learn about available commands, their options, and usage patterns.

PARAMETERS

--help, -h

Show help message

--list

List all installed Cargo subcommands

--verbose, -v

Print extra information with --list

--explain code

Run rustc --explain for error code

COMMAND CATEGORIES

General Commands

cargo, cargo help

Build Commands

build, check, clean, run, test, bench

Manifest Commands

add, remove, fetch, generate-lockfile, update

Package Commands

init, new, search, install, uninstall

Publishing Commands

package, publish, yank, owner

CUSTOM COMMANDS

Custom subcommands installed via cargo install are listed with --list. Any executable named cargo-* in PATH becomes a cargo subcommand.