# Umbrella Crate

The Polkadot-SDK "umbrella" is a crate that re-exports all other
published crates. This makes it
possible to have a very small `Cargo.toml` file that only has one
dependency, the umbrella
crate. This helps with selecting the right combination of crate
versions, since otherwise 3rd
party tools are needed to select a compatible set of versions.

## Features

The umbrella crate supports no-std builds and can therefore be used in
the runtime and node.
There are two main features: `runtime` and `node`. The `runtime` feature
enables all `no-std`
crates, while the `node` feature enables all `std` crates. It should be
used like any other
crate in the repo, with `default-features = false`.

For more fine-grained control, additionally, each crate can be enabled
selectively. The umbrella
exposes one feature per dependency. For example, if you only want to use
the `frame-support`
crate, you can enable the `frame-support` feature.

The umbrella exposes a few more g...