# addBaconApp

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.rust.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds a Rust application to the application model, using the bacon cli.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addBaconApp(
    name: string,
    workingDirectory: string,
    args?: string[]): RustAppExecutableResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `workingDirectory` (`string`)
- `args` (`string[]`) `optional`

## Returns

[RustAppExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.rust/rustappexecutableresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.rust/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)