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Cargo plugins crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Subcommands that extend the capabilities of Cargo.” Below are the 12 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, cargo-audit leads Cargo plugins with 44,219 real downloads a day (few direct dependents and steady). 0 of the 12 have 1,000+ dependents; 0 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.
12 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cargo-auditPulled in | 44,219 | 10 | 5mo | -8% | 14M | |
| cargo-denyPulled in | 23,576 | 5 | 4mo | -6% | 6.8M | |
| cargo-llvm-covPulled in | 20,492 | 27 | 51d | -18% | 8.7M | |
| cargo-nextestPulled in | 19,218 | 11 | 1d | -39% | 13.5M | |
| cargo-expandPulled in | 5,999 | 6 | 18d | -37% | 3.8M | |
| cargo-editPulled in | 5,423 | 9 | 6d | -35% | 3.8M | |
| cargo-auditablePulled in | 4,130 | 0 | 25d | +75% | 1.3M | |
| cargo-makePulled in | 3,021 | 12 | 21mo | -40% | 3.8M | |
| cargo-semver-checksPulled in | 1,893 | 7 | 24d | -22% | 706K | |
| cargo-udepsPulled in | 1,116 | 0 | 6mo | -52% | 1.5M | |
| cargo-outdatedPulled in | 757 | 0 | 6mo | -14% | 1M | |
| cargo-releasePulled in | 168 | 22 | 6d | -23% | 549K |
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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