crane

Leverages Cargo.lock to automatically fetch and vendor dependencies, supporting alternative registries and git deps without extra configuration, as per the README.

Builds workspace dependencies once and caches artifacts, enabling fast iterative development by reusing them for linting, building, and testing tasks.

Allows splitting builds and tests into granular steps, facilitating CI gating without burdening downstream consumers, enhancing workflow flexibility.

Supports a range of popular Rust tools including clippy, rustfmt, cargo-audit, and more, integrating them seamlessly into the Nix build process.