Crate frate

Frate Core Library

This crate contains the core logic and building blocks of the frate tool – a developer-friendly package manager for local tool installations with a cargo-like UX.

frate allows teams to define, sync, and install binary tools using versioned manifests (frate.toml, frate.lock), without needing system-wide privileges.

This library is built for the frate CLI, but you can also reuse it as a backend in other tools.

Modules Overview

• toml – Parsing and serialization of frate.toml manifest files
• lock – Lockfile structure and sync logic (frate.lock)
• registry – Handling registry sources and resolving tool versions
• installer – Installing, caching, and managing tool binaries
• shims – Creating proxy shims to forward tool invocations
• util – Shared utilities (paths, logging, hashing, etc.)
• global – Global state and configuration (e.g., cache directory)

Re-exports

pub use shims::*;

pub use installer::*;

pub use lock::*;

pub use registry::*;

pub use toml::*;

pub use util::*;

pub use global::cache::*;

Modules

global

installer

lock

registry

shims

toml

util