Alternatives to cargo-chef
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. cargo-chef itself: install cargo-chef.
cargo-release
Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate
cargo-outdated
A cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date
cargo-update
A cargo subcommand for checking and applying updates to installed executables
cargo-llvm-cov
Cargo subcommand to easily use LLVM source-based code coverage (-C instrument-coverage)
sqlx-cli
🧰 The Rust SQL Toolkit. An async, pure Rust SQL crate featuring compile-time checked queries without a DSL. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
gitui
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
Neovide
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
speedtest-cli
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
nerdctl
contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ..
lsix
Like "ls", but for images. Shows thumbnails in terminal using sixel graphics
ios-deploy
Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
saml2aws
CLI tool which enables you to login and retrieve AWS temporary credentials using a SAML IDP
wasm-tools
CLI and Rust libraries for low-level manipulation of WebAssembly modules
terminalimageviewer
Small C++ program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters
jwt-cli
A super fast CLI tool to decode and encode JWTs built in Rust
xleak
A fast terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Features full-text search, formula display, lazy loading for large files, clipboard support, and
t-rec
Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
CleanMyMac CLI
Clean Xcode, Docker, Homebrew, and developer caches, remove project and AI artifacts, analyze storage, and reclaim disk space from the Terminal
brew-php-switcher
Brew PHP switcher is a simple shell script to switch your apache and CLI quickly between major versions of PHP. If you support multiple products/proje
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
gemini-cli
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than cargo-chef — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
cargo-chef is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.