Rust Package Registry
The official package registry for the Rust programming language, serving as a central hub for sharing and discovering crates.
What is Rust Package Registry?
Crates.io is the official package registry for the Rust programming language, providing a centralized platform for developers to share and discover libraries called crates. It hosts and distributes these crates, enabling versioning, dependency resolution, and metadata management to enhance Rust projects. The service is maintained by the crates.io team with support from the Rust Foundation and infrastructure donations from AWS and Fastly.
Rust developers and teams who need to publish, manage, or discover libraries (crates) for their Rust-based applications. This includes open-source contributors, enterprise developers, and anyone building software in the Rust ecosystem.
Developers choose crates.io because it is the official, community-driven registry for Rust, ensuring reliability, security, and seamless integration with Rust's tooling like Cargo. Its robust infrastructure and open-source nature foster collaboration and innovation within the Rust community.
Overview
The Rust package registry
Use Cases
Best For
- Publishing and distributing Rust libraries (crates) to a global audience.
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