Cargo Backend

You may install packages directly from Cargo Crates even if there isn't an asdf plugin for it.

The code for this is inside the mise repository at ./src/backend/cargo.rs.

Dependencies

This relies on having cargo installed. You can either install it on your system via rustup:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Or you can install it via mise:

mise use -g rust

Usage

The following installs the latest version of eza and sets it as the active version on PATH:

$ mise use -g cargo:eza
$ eza --version
eza - A modern, maintained replacement for ls
v0.17.1 [+git]
https://github.com/eza-community/eza

The version will be set in ~/.config/mise/config.toml with the following format:

[tools]
"cargo:eza" = "latest"

Using Git

You can install any package from a Git repository using the mise command. This allows you to install a particular tag, branch, or commit revision:

# Install a specific tag
mise use cargo:https://github.com/username/demo@tag:<release_tag>

# Install the latest from a branch
mise use cargo:https://github.com/username/demo@branch:<branch_name>

# Install a specific commit revision
mise use cargo:https://github.com/username/demo@rev:<commit_hash>

This will execute a cargo install command with the corresponding Git options.

Settings

Set these with mise settings set [VARIABLE] [VALUE] or by setting the environment variable listed.

cargo.binstall

• Type: Bool
• Env: MISE_CARGO_BINSTALL
• Default: true

If true, mise will use cargo binstall instead of cargo install if cargo-binstall is installed and on PATH. This makes installing CLIs with cargo much faster by downloading precompiled binaries.

You can install it with mise:

mise use -g cargo-binstall

cargo.registry_name

• Type: string(optional)
• Env: MISE_CARGO_REGISTRY_NAME
• Default: None

Packages are installed from the official cargo registry.

You can set this to a different registry name if you have a custom feed or want to use a different source.

Please follow the cargo alternative registries documentation to configure your registry.

Tool Options

The following tool-options are available for the cargo backend—these go in [tools] in mise.toml.

features

Install additional components (passed as cargo install --features):

[tools]
"cargo:cargo-edit" = { version = "latest", features = "add" }

default-features

Disable default features (passed as cargo install --no-default-features):

[tools]
"cargo:cargo-edit" = { version = "latest", default-features = false }

bin

Select the CLI bin name to install when multiple are available (passed as cargo install --bin):

[tools]
"cargo:https://github.com/username/demo" = { version = "tag:v1.0.0", bin = "demo" }

crate

Select the crate name to install when multiple are available (passed as cargo install --git=<repo> <crate>):

[tools]
"cargo:https://github.com/username/demo" = { version = "tag:v1.0.0", crate = "demo" }

locked

Use Cargo.lock (passes cargo install --locked) when building CLI. This is the default behavior, pass false to disable:

[tools]
"cargo:https://github.com/username/demo" = { version = "latest", locked = false }