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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to async-executor
Short answerThe closest alternatives to async-executor on crates.io data are atomic-waker (1.9M real downloads a day), event-listener (1.5M real downloads a day), tokio-tungstenite (1M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is mio, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. async-executor itself gets 428,916 a day with 166 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs async-executor | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atomic-waker Established | 1,911,010 | 4.46x | 116 | 3.1y | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| event-listener Established | 1,515,562 | 3.53x | 237 | 3mo | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| tokio-tungstenite Widely used | 1,029,416 | 2.40x | 3,629 | 3mo | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| event-listener-strategy Pulled in | 895,322 | 2.09x | 9 | 19mo | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| blocking Established | 466,293 | 1.09x | 179 | 2mo | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| scc Established | 240,754 | 0.56x | 133 | 53d | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency | compare |
| aho-corasick Established | 3,331,047 | 7.77x | 655 | 3mo | keyword "multi" | compare |
| mio Established | 3,332,252 | 7.77x | 624 | 21d | category Asynchronous | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with async-executor; read its description before you swap.
- More dependents means more answered questions and a smaller chance it disappears.
- Check the last release against how fast you need fixes. For async-executor: is it still maintained?
Rules
Alternatives = tracked crates (top 1000 by downloads) that share a specific crates.io category (2 points each) or keyword (3 points each) with async-executor, most similar first; its own parts (same name prefix) and crates it depends on or that depend on it are left out, because those are companions, not substitutes. Real downloads = quiet-day median, crates.io data Oct 24, 2026. Built when we find 3 or more.
Up next
The closest alternative: Established and quiet for years. 1,911,010 real downloads a day.atomic-wakerRust crate. A synchronization primitive for task wakeup. Real use: 1.9M downloads a day on quiet days; 116 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time