https://github.com/thealgorythm/cargo-dylib

A cargo wrapper POC for faster compilation of dependencies as dynamic libraries.
https://github.com/thealgorythm/cargo-dylib

cargo cargo-subcommand rust

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A cargo wrapper POC for faster compilation of dependencies as dynamic libraries.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/thealgorythm/cargo-dylib
• Owner: TheAlgorythm
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-10-31T14:38:05.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: MAIN
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-21T08:56:44.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-24T06:04:14.044Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: cargo, cargo-subcommand, rust
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 32.2 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# cargo-dylib

A cargo wrapper proof of concept for faster compilation of dependencies as dynamic libraries.

For incremental builds the linking of dynamic libraries is much faster then building a static binary as described in [this](https://robert.kra.hn/posts/2022-09-09-speeding-up-incremental-rust-compilation-with-dylibs/) blog post.

It works a bit like [`cargo-add-dynamic`](https://lib.rs/crates/cargo-add-dynamic), but doesn't alter the `Cargo.toml` in order to have a single source of truth for both fast incremental debug builds and release builds.

It does so by reading the `Cargo.toml`, laying out a shadow project structure and executes the command with a pointer to the shadow metadata.

As this is just a proof of concept it won't generate dylibs recursively yet.

## TODOs

- [ ] Workspace support

- [ ] Treat shared subdependencies as dylibs (recursive)