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Rust crates · category · data Oct 27, 2026
Command line utilities crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Applications to run at the command line.” Below are the 13 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, crossterm leads Command line utilities with 583,388 real downloads a day (widely used and steady). 1 of the 13 have 1,000+ dependents; 1 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. Release spikes barely matter here: the median crate got 3.3% of its downloads within 2 days of a release.
13 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crosstermWidely used | 583,388 | 8,320 | 19mo | -3% | 217M | |
| cargo-llvm-covPulled in | 20,492 | 27 | 51d | -18% | 8.7M | |
| justPulled in | 5,924 | 10 | 12d | -25% | 2.9M | |
| espflashPulled in | 3,168 | 9 | 47d | -36% | 1.2M | |
| cargo-makePulled in | 3,021 | 12 | 21mo | -40% | 3.8M | |
| cargo-watchPulled in | 2,207 | 7 | 2.1y | -1% | 2.1M | |
| cargo-semver-checksPulled in | 1,893 | 7 | 24d | -22% | 706K | |
| sccachePulled in | 1,573 | 0 | 3d | -21% | 1.4M | |
| trunkPulled in | 1,565 | 0 | 1d | +28% | 1.2M | |
| iggyPulled in | 706 | 11 | 0d | -28% | 344K | |
| maturinPulled in | 572 | 1 | 2mo | +57% | 1.2M | |
| tokio-consolePulled in | 332 | 2 | 12mo | +84% | 544K | |
| baconPulled in | 268 | 0 | 31d | -2% | 342K |
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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