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Rust crates · category · data Oct 24, 2026
Configuration crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to facilitate configuration management for applications.” Below are the 7 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, toml_datetime leads Configuration with 3,215,444 real downloads a day (few direct dependents and steady). 3 of the 7 have 1,000+ dependents; 0 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. The median crate here got 6% of its Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 downloads within 2 days of a release.
7 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toml_datetimePulled in | 3,215,444 | 29 | 16d | -2% | 936M | |
| tomlFoundational | 2,960,881 | 20,777 | 15d | +0% | 1B | |
| toml_editWidely used | 2,715,071 | 1,989 | 15d | -1% | 941M | |
| serde_spannedPulled in | 2,255,941 | 16 | 16d | +1% | 678M | |
| toml_parserPulled in | 1,763,218 | 22 | 15d | +0% | 371M | |
| etceteraEstablished | 463,193 | 224 | 12mo | +12% | 129M | |
| configWidely used | 252,378 | 1,665 | 24d | -11% | 123M |
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