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Rust crates · category · data Oct 27, 2026
Database interfaces crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to interface with database management systems.” Below are the 21 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, rusqlite leads Database interfaces with 505,001 real downloads a day (widely used and gaining). 1 of the 21 have 1,000+ dependents; 2 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.
21 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rusqliteWidely used | 505,001 | 5,597 | 3mo | +29% | 134M | |
| tokio-postgresEstablished | 243,640 | 847 | 5mo | +11% | 80.1M | |
| dieselEstablished | 107,307 | 667 | 20d | +19% | 42.3M | |
| rocksdbEstablished | 88,738 | 373 | 2mo | -19% | 58.2M | |
| sea-ormEstablished | 60,184 | 535 | 30d | -5% | 28M | |
| mongodbEstablished | 59,878 | 407 | 47d | -32% | 19.9M | |
| postgresEstablished | 45,519 | 460 | 5mo | +8% | 20.5M | |
| fredPulled in | 28,636 | 76 | 20mo | +34% | 10.7M | |
| elasticsearchPulled in | 23,661 | 51 | 15mo | +10% | 24.4M | |
| scyllaPulled in | 22,548 | 82 | 42d | +60% | 10.3M | |
| duckdbEstablished | 22,092 | 261 | 5d | +37% | 5.3M | |
| qdrant-clientEstablished | 16,951 | 122 | 5d | +177% | 5.4M | |
| opensearchPulled in | 6,428 | 16 | 7mo | +5% | 3.5M | |
| neo4rsPulled in | 4,568 | 71 | 5mo | -9% | 1.3M | |
| foundationdbPulled in | 4,171 | 18 | 4mo | -25% | 15.3M | |
| iggyPulled in | 706 | 11 | 0d | -28% | 344K | |
| fluvioPulled in | 395 | 12 | 16mo | -27% | 302K | |
| cdrs-tokioPulled in | 309 | 3 | 5mo | -48% | 841K | |
| pinecone-sdkPulled in | 241 | 6 | 2.1y | -24% | 226K | |
| clickhouse-rsPulled in | 195 | 6 | 3.1y | -32% | 207K | |
| milvus-sdk-rustPulled in | 48 | 4 | 1d | +142% | 25.3K |
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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