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Rust crates · category · data Oct 29, 2026
Authentication crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to help with the process of confirming identities.” Below are the 5 crates in it among the 1000 most-downloaded crates, ranked by real downloads (quiet-day baseline) instead of raw count.
Short answerBy steady daily use, pbkdf2 leads Authentication with 707,668 real downloads a day (established and steady). 0 of the 5 have 1,000+ dependents; 0 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. Release spikes barely matter here: the median crate got 0.0% of its downloads within 2 days of a release.
5 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pbkdf2Established | 707,668 | 765 | 6mo | -1% | 273M | |
| password-hashEstablished | 459,834 | 104 | 7mo | +6% | 142M | |
| gcp_authPulled in | 45,402 | 75 | 4mo | +77% | 16.9M | |
| webauthn-rsPulled in | 33,160 | 83 | 6mo | -3% | 8.4M | |
| ockamPulled in | 2 | 3 | 19mo | -52% | 182K |
Click a column to sort; press + to add a crate to a comparison. Real / day = median downloads on days with no release that day or the day before. Each crate's page shows its verdict and the 4 rules behind it. Why this method · this category on crates.io
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