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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to async-global-executor
Short answerThe closest alternatives to async-global-executor on crates.io data are futures (2.4M real downloads a day), atomic-waker (1.9M real downloads a day), scc (241K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is mio, and 7 shipped a release in the last year. async-global-executor itself gets 160,070 a day with 72 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs async-global-executor | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| futures Foundational | 2,405,900 | 15.03x | 26,505 | 2mo | category Asynchronous, keyword "async", keyword "future" | compare |
| atomic-waker Established | 1,911,010 | 11.94x | 116 | 3.1y | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency, keyword "async" | compare |
| scc Established | 240,754 | 1.50x | 133 | 53d | category Asynchronous, category Concurrency, keyword "async" | compare |
| mio Established | 3,332,252 | 20.82x | 624 | 21d | category Asynchronous, keyword "async" | compare |
| tracing Foundational | 2,611,879 | 16.32x | 46,220 | 10mo | category Asynchronous, keyword "async" | compare |
| tower Widely used | 2,342,590 | 14.63x | 5,816 | 9mo | category Asynchronous, keyword "async" | compare |
| h2 Established | 2,290,495 | 14.31x | 296 | 18d | category Asynchronous, keyword "async" | compare |
| tower-http Widely used | 2,044,149 | 12.77x | 3,782 | 54d | category Asynchronous, keyword "async" | 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-global-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-global-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-global-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.
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