cargo-rustapi

The official CLI tool for the RustAPI framework.

Use this tool to scaffold new projects, generate code, and fast-track your development workflow.

📦 Installation

cargo install cargo-rustapi

🛠️ Usage

Creating a New Project

Use the new command to generate a project structure.

# Interactive mode (Recommended)

cargo rustapi new my-app


# Quick start with specific template

cargo rustapi new my-app --template api

Available Templates:

• minimal: Basic main.rs and Cargo.toml.
• api: REST API structure with separated handlers and models.
• web: Web application with HTML templates (rustapi-view).
• full: Complete example with Database, Auth, and Docker support.

Running Development Server

Run your application with hot-reloading (requires cargo-watch).

cargo rustapi run

Code Generation

Save time by generating boilerplate.

# Generate a handler function and register it

cargo rustapi generate handler users


# Generate a database model

cargo rustapi generate model User


# Generate a full CRUD resource (Model + Handlers + Tests)

cargo rustapi generate crud product

Managing Migrations (Planned)

cargo rustapi migrate run

cargo rustapi migrate revert