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 ## Installing Rust and Cargo
 
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 - `vendored`: When using Openssl for TLS, this bundles a vendored version.
 - `nightly`: Enable nightly only performance and security related features.
 
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 ## Language bindings and frontend projects
 
 Language bindings are available for: