Alternatives to cargo-crev
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. cargo-crev itself: install cargo-crev.
corepack
Package manager version manager for Node.js projects
peru
a generic package manager, for including other people's code in your projects
bun
Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one
Stability Matrix
Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion
mint
A package manager that installs and runs executable Swift packages
carthage
A simple, decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa
pixi
Powerful system-level package manager for Linux, macOS and Windows written in Rust – building on top of the Conda ecosystem
nrm
NPM registry manager, fast switch between different registries: npm, cnpm, nj, taobao
cdxgen
Creates CycloneDX Bill of Materials (BOM) for your projects from source and container images. Supports many languages and package managers. Integrate
pacapt
An ArchLinux's pacman-like shell wrapper for many package managers. 56KB and run anywhere
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
mcp-publisher
A community driven registry service for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
cargo-chef
A cargo-subcommand to speed up Rust Docker builds using Docker layer caching
reg
Docker registry v2 command line client and repo listing generator with security checks
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
cargo-release
Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate
cargo-llvm-cov
Cargo subcommand to easily use LLVM source-based code coverage (-C instrument-coverage)
cargo-outdated
A cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date
cliproxyapi
Wrap Antigravity, ChatGPT Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, Muse Code, Davin as an OpenAI/Gemini/Claude/Codex compatible API service, allowing you to en
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
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
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-crev — 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-crev 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.