CARGO\-SEARCH

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NAME

cargo-search - Search packages in crates.io

SYNOPSIS

cargo search [options] [query...]

DESCRIPTION

This performs a textual search for crates on <https://crates.io>. The matching crates will be displayed along with their description in TOML format suitable for copying into a Cargo.toml manifest.

OPTIONS

Search Options

--limit limit

: Limit the number of results (default: 10, max: 100).

--index index

: The URL of the registry index to use.

--registry registry

: Name of the registry to use. Registry names are defined in Cargo config files <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>. If not specified, the default registry is used, which is defined by the registry.default config key which defaults to crates-io.

Display Options

-v, --verbose

: Use verbose output. May be specified twice for "very verbose" output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output. May also be specified with the term.verbose config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.

-q, --quiet

: No output printed to stdout.

--color when

Control when colored output is used. Valid values:

: •auto (default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.

: •always: Always display colors.

: •never: Never display colors.

May also be specified with the term.color config value <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.

Common Options

+toolchain

: If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to cargo begins with +, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as +stable or +nightly). See the rustup documentation <https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html> for more information about how toolchain overrides work.

-h, --help

: Prints help information.

-Z flag

: Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z help for details.

ENVIRONMENT

See the reference <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html> for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.

EXIT STATUS

: •0: Cargo succeeded.

: •101: Cargo failed to complete.

EXAMPLES

1.Search for a package from crates.io:

cargo search serde