nxrust

Nx plugin for Rust workspaces. Wraps cargo as Nx executors and generators, and parses cargo metadata into the Nx project graph so nx affected works across your Rust crates.

Spiritual successor to @monodon/rust — same shape, explicitly Apache-2.0 licensed, targeting Nx 22.

Install

pnpm add -D @eddacraft/nxrust
# or: npm i -D @eddacraft/nxrust  / yarn add -D @eddacraft/nxrust

Register in nx.json:

{
  "plugins": ["@eddacraft/nxrust"]
}

Executors

Executor	Wraps	Cache
@eddacraft/nxrust:build	cargo build	yes
@eddacraft/nxrust:check	cargo check	yes
@eddacraft/nxrust:clippy / lint	cargo clippy	yes
@eddacraft/nxrust:fmt	cargo fmt	yes
@eddacraft/nxrust:run	cargo run	no
@eddacraft/nxrust:test	cargo test	yes
@eddacraft/nxrust:release-publish	cargo publish	no (use via nx release publish)

All executors accept a shared option set:

Option	Type	Notes
toolchain	stable/beta/nightly	Translates to cargo +<toolchain> …
target	string	Rust target triple
profile	string	cargo profile (e.g. dev, release)
release	boolean	--release
features	string | string[]	--features
all-features	boolean	--all-features
target-dir	string	--target-dir
args	string | string[]	Forwarded after --

Individual executors add specialised flags — see each schema.

Generators

# Library crate
nx g @eddacraft/nxrust:crate my-crate

# Binary crate
nx g @eddacraft/nxrust:crate my-cli --bin
# or alias:
nx g @eddacraft/nxrust:binary my-cli

# Library alias
nx g @eddacraft/nxrust:library my-lib

Generated crates are added to the root Cargo.toml [workspace.members] (comments preserved via @ltd/j-toml) and get a minimal project.json pre-wired to the plugin's executors.

Project graph

The plugin runs cargo metadata --format-version=1 and emits:

• Nx project nodes for every workspace member (keyed by its directory).
• External nodes (cargo:<name>) for every registry / git dependency.
• Dependency edges for every direct dependency resolved via metadata.

This is what makes nx affected -t test correct across your Rust crates.

Requirements

• Node.js ≥ 20
• Nx ≥ 22
• Cargo on PATH
• A Cargo workspace at the Nx workspace root (or a single crate at root)

License

Apache-2.0 © EddaCraft. See LICENSE.

This project does not contain any code copied from @monodon/rust; we reference its public API shape only. cargo metadata is the official Rust tooling contract.

Acknowledgements

We would however like to thank the author of @monodon/rust for their original work as it served as invaluable inspiration for this plugin.