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cargo-fuzz

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WindowsYesYes
macOSYes—
LinuxYesYes
Plans published11
Spec score · Fuzz Testing Software8.5 (#5)7.8 (#12)
Purposecargo-fuzz is a cargo subcommand for fuzzing with libFuzzer.Csmith generates random C programs to find compiler bugs using differential testing.

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cargo-fuzz

cargo-fuzz is a Cargo subcommand for fuzzing Rust code. It invokes libFuzzer through the libfuzzer-sys crate rather than acting as a fuzzer itself. Start a crate with `cargo fuzz init`, add a target with `cargo fuzz add `, then use `cargo fuzz run ` to search for bugs. The tool can reduce a failing input with `cargo fuzz tmin` or trim a corpus with `cargo fuzz cmin`; `cargo fuzz coverage` generates source-based coverage information in version 0.10.0 or newer. Documentation also covers structure-aware fuzzing and Cargo feature options, plus a GitHub Actions workflow for building and running targets in CI. It supports Linux, macOS and Windows, with documented systems including x86-64 Linux, x86-64 and Apple-Silicon macOS, and Windows with LLVM sanitizer support. Windows programs can also be fuzzed with MSVC AddressSanitizer. Installation is documented as `cargo install cargo-fuzz`. It requires nightly Rust and a C++11-capable compiler. The project is free and distributed under the MIT and Apache License 2.0.

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Csmith

Csmith is a free, open-source generator of random C programs for finding compiler bugs through differential testing. Its output avoids undefined behavior and includes statistics for each generated program. A documented workflow compiles programs with GCC and Clang, then compares their outputs to identify differences. The tool can also create material for a C test suite when users do not want to write one themselves. Command-line options shown by csmith -h and csmith -hh customize random generation. Csmith runs locally on Linux and Windows. Ubuntu source builds require g++, CMake, and m4, followed by CMake and make; Windows builds are documented with Visual Studio or WSL. The project says it should build on most modern machines with a C++ compiler. Generated programs may loop indefinitely, so execution timeouts are recommended. The repository includes a COPYING license file. Bug reports and suggestions go through GitHub issues, with discussion on a mailing list; maintainers warn replies may be delayed.

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