Rust

Publish Commands

Publish Rust crates to crates.io for the community. Learn to prepare, version, and publish packages with proper metadata, licensing, and documentation.

6 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'cargo publish --dry-run' to verify everything is correct before actually publishing.

Add 'include' or 'exclude' in Cargo.toml to control which files are packaged — skip tests and examples.

Use 'cargo login' with a token from crates.io/settings/tokens. Keep the token secure.

Common Mistakes

Published crates cannot be deleted from crates.io, only yanked. Double-check before publishing.

Yanked versions are still downloadable by existing Cargo.lock files. Yanking prevents new usage, not existing.

Commands

Login to crates.io

$ cargo login

Authenticate with crates.io.

Package crate

$ cargo package

Create distributable package.

List package files

$ cargo package --list

Show files that would be packaged.

Publish to crates.io

$ cargo publish

Publish crate to registry.

Publish dry run

$ cargo publish --dry-run

Test publish without uploading.

Yank version

$ cargo yank --vers 1.0.1

Remove version from new dependency resolution.