Installation

Note

RustAPI is designed for Rust 1.75 or later.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure you have the Rust toolchain installed. If you haven't, the best way is via rustup.rs.

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

RustAPI comes with a powerful CLI to scaffold projects. Install it directly from crates.io:

cargo install cargo-rustapi

Verify your installation:

cargo-rustapi --version

If you prefer not to use the CLI, you can add RustAPI to your Cargo.toml manually:

cargo add rustapi-rs@0.1.335

Or add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
rustapi-rs = "0.1.335"

For the best experience, we recommend VS Code with the rust-analyzer extension. This provides: