Rust CLI Template

CLI starter template for Rust.

Features

• Simple CLI starer application
  • Argument parsing with clap
  • Error handling with anyhow
  • Integration testing with assert_cmd
• Multi-platform builds and packaging with cargo-dist
  • macOS and Linux builds
  • Homebrew and shell installers
• Release automation with cargo-release
• Dependabot keeps Cargo dependencies and Rust toolchain up-to-date
• CI workflow (GitHub Actions)
  • Format check
  • Install check
  • Lint with Clippy
  • Run tests with cargo-nextest
  • Link checking with lychee

Installation

The example application included here is distributed like a real CLI tool would be. There are several installation methods available:

Homebrew

brew install ladvoc/tap/rust-cli-template

Install script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/ladvoc/rust-cli-template/releases/download/v0.1.0/rust-cli-template-installer.sh | sh

Cargo (pre-built binary)

cargo binstall rust-cli-template

Cargo (build from source)

cargo install rust-cli-template