Command-line tool

rustup

brew/rustup

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Rust toolchain installer

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install rustup

Linux

brew install rustup

Install the nightly toolchain for your system

rustup install nightly

Switch the default toolchain to nightly so that the `cargo` and `rustc` commands will use it

rustup default nightly

Use the nightly toolchain when inside the current project but leave global settings unchanged

rustup override set nightly

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