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
           Do not print cargo log messages. May also be specified with the term.quiet config value
           <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.

       --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.

       --config KEY=VALUE or PATH
           Overrides a Cargo configuration value. The argument should be in TOML syntax of KEY=VALUE, or
           provided as a path to an extra configuration file. This flag may be specified multiple times. See the
           command-line overrides section
           <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#command-line-overrides> for more information.

       -C PATH
           Changes the current working directory before executing any specified operations. This affects things
           like where cargo looks by default for the project manifest (Cargo.toml), as well as the directories
           searched for discovering .cargo/config.toml, for example. This option must appear before the command
           name, for example cargo -C path/to/my-project build.

           This option is only available on the nightly channel
           <https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-07-nightly-rust.html> and requires the -Z unstable-options
           flag to enable (see #10098 <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10098>).

       -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

SEE ALSO

       cargo(1), cargo-install(1), cargo-publish(1)

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