cargo-release VS cargo-wix

Compare cargo-release vs cargo-wix and see what are their differences.

cargo-release

Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate. [Moved to: https://github.com/crate-ci/cargo-release] (by sunng87)

cargo-wix

A cargo subcommand to build Windows installers for rust projects using the WiX Toolset (by volks73)
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cargo-release cargo-wix
1 1
946 323
- 1.9%
10.0 7.7
about 2 years ago 9 months ago
Rust Rust
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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cargo-release

Posts with mentions or reviews of cargo-release. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-24.
  • Rust 2030 Christmas list: Subcrate dependencies
    6 projects | /r/rust | 24 Jan 2023
    Between workspace inheritance and tools like cargo-release, this has become trivial for me. If people don't want to use a third-party tool, we can always be working on improving cargo further, like publishing more than one crate at a time or merging support for modifying versions.

cargo-wix

Posts with mentions or reviews of cargo-wix. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-17.
  • Have you guys tried cargo-deb? Amazing!
    3 projects | /r/rust | 17 May 2022
    Okay, just for completeness: Since windows support is experimental (and kind of broken) in cargo-bundle, for windows the best option at the moment seems to be cargo-wix: https://github.com/volks73/cargo-wix

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cargo-release and cargo-wix you can also consider the following projects:

cargo-multivers - Cargo subcommand to build multiple versions of the same binary, each with a different CPU features set, merged into a single portable optimized binary

sqldeveloperinstaller - 64-bit Windows MSI package for Oracle SQL Developer (with JDK)

rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

cargo-bundle - Wrap rust executables in OS-specific app bundles

ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

cargo-deb - A cargo subcommand that generates Debian packages from information in Cargo.toml

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