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Rust crates · category · data Oct 27, 2026
Database implementations crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Databases allow clients to store and query large amounts of data in an efficient manner. This category is for database management systems implemented in Rust.” Below are the 6 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, tantivy leads Database implementations with 53,551 real downloads a day (established and steady). 0 of the 6 have 1,000+ dependents; 1 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. The median crate here got 9% of its Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026 downloads within 2 days of a release.
6 crates
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| tantivyEstablished | 53,551 | 337 | 10d | +7% | 21M | |
| sledEstablished | 40,074 | 531 | 2.0y | -27% | 17.4M | |
| lancePulled in | 22,286 | 36 | 20d | +47% | 4.5M | |
| lancedbEstablished | 11,666 | 100 | 20d | +95% | 2M | |
| fjallPulled in | 7,581 | 99 | 2d | +6% | 2M | |
| surrealdbEstablished | 6,154 | 186 | 8d | -8% | 1.8M |
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