Where are modules installed by Cargo stored in a Rust project?

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In NodeJS, all the packages installed by NPM are stored in the node_modules/ directory. Is there any such directory in Rust? Are the crates installed somewhere globally?

Peter Hall · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-15 16:47:45Z

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Crates are installed globally for the current user, not per project. Currently, they are stored in <user directory>/.cargo/registry.

Mac: /Users/<username>/.cargo/registry
Or, in general on Mac, Linux & Unix: $HOME/.cargo/registry
Windows 10: \Users\<username>\.cargo\registry

There is an RFC in progress to standardise this, and use the location that users of each platform would more likely expect.

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edited Mar 15, 2019 at 16:47

answered Apr 15, 2018 at 17:28

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