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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to cargo-auditable
Short answerThe closest alternatives to cargo-auditable on crates.io data are aws-lc-rs (1.2M real downloads a day), rsa (718K real downloads a day), base64 (4.6M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is base64, and 8 shipped a release in the last year. cargo-auditable itself gets 4,130 a day with 0 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs cargo-auditable | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aws-lc-rs Established | 1,156,444 | 280.01x | 474 | 12d | keyword "security" | compare |
| rsa Widely used | 717,631 | 173.76x | 1,182 | 18d | keyword "security" | compare |
| base64 Foundational | 4,638,981 | 1123.24x | 19,537 | 3mo | category Encoding | compare |
| serde Foundational | 4,327,945 | 1047.93x | 133,588 | 3mo | category Encoding | compare |
| serde_json Foundational | 4,294,696 | 1039.88x | 113,141 | 13d | category Encoding | compare |
| serde_core Established | 3,794,333 | 918.72x | 229 | 3mo | category Encoding | compare |
| zerocopy Established | 3,245,504 | 785.84x | 878 | 11d | category Encoding | compare |
| toml_datetime Pulled in | 3,215,444 | 778.56x | 29 | 16d | category Encoding | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with cargo-auditable; 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 cargo-auditable: 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 cargo-auditable, 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 27, 2026. Built when we find 3 or more.
Up next
The closest alternative: Established and steady. 1,156,444 real downloads a day.aws-lc-rsRust crate. aws-lc-rs is a cryptographic library using AWS-LC for its cryptographic operations. This library strives to be API-compatible with the popular Rust library...Read it next →Also worth your time
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