# cargo-vet 8 Hacker News commenters recommended cargo-vet and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for auditing Rust crate dependencies for supply chain security; people say it is actively maintained by Google and Mozilla and has audits for most popular crates. ## Why people recommend it - Strengthens supply chain security (3 comments): "Things like cargo-vet help as does enforcing non-token auth, scanning and required cooldown periods." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032780)) "Supply chain attacks are a real concern. Something like cargo vet could help." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893725)) "Supply chain story is pretty solid with cargo-vet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49149656)) - Backed by Mozilla and Google (3 comments): "cargo-vet would be a nice addition. It's Mozilla's tool for auditing crate dependencies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46942228)) "it exists for Rust and is actively maintained by Google, Mozilla, and many others" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066671)) "cargo-vet exists and is actively maintained by Google, Mozilla, and others" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063591)) - Audits exist for popular crates (2 comments): "Overall the number of audited crates is in the thousands and you will find audits for most of the popular crates." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375109)) "basically a best-in-class distributed auditing system" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549962)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [OpenAI Codex Security](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codex-security.md): 21 recommend - [govulncheck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/govulncheck.md): 13 recommend - [Trivy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/trivy.md): 10 recommend - [cargo-audit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cargo-audit.md): 8 recommend - [Aikido Safe-Chain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aikido-safe-chain.md): 7 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "cargo-vet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cargo-vet/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).