# The Cargo Book

Cargo is the Rust package manager. Cargo downloads your Rust project’s dependencies, compiles your project, makes packages, and upload them to crates.io, the Rust community’s package registry. You can contribute to this book on GitHub.

### Sections

Getting Started

To get started with Cargo, install Cargo (and Rust) and set up your first crate.

Cargo Guide

The guide will give you all you need to know about how to use Cargo to develop Rust projects.

Cargo Reference

The reference covers the details of various areas of Cargo.

Frequently Asked Questions