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Rust crates · category · data Oct 24, 2026
Embedded development crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates that are primarily useful on embedded devices or without an operating system.” Below are the 11 crates in it among the 300 most-downloaded crates, ranked by real downloads (quiet-day baseline) instead of raw count.
Short answerBy steady daily use, zerocopy leads Embedded development with 3,245,504 real downloads a day (established and steady). 0 of the 11 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.
11 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zerocopyEstablished | 3,245,504 | 878 | 11d | -5% | 1B | |
| icu_providerPulled in | 2,521,500 | 93 | 2d | +5% | 681M | |
| icu_collectionsPulled in | 2,507,923 | 25 | 2d | +5% | 678M | |
| icu_properties_dataPulled in | 2,505,718 | 8 | 2d | +3% | 684M | |
| icu_propertiesEstablished | 2,501,772 | 118 | 2d | +3% | 68M | |
| icu_normalizer_dataPulled in | 2,473,115 | 10 | 2d | +4% | 672M | |
| icu_normalizerPulled in | 2,472,932 | 89 | 2d | +4% | 669M | |
| zerotriePulled in | 2,273,735 | 20 | 2mo | +10% | 503M | |
| potential_utfPulled in | 2,261,800 | 17 | 2mo | +10% | 5M | |
| icu_locale_coreEstablished | 2,233,122 | 107 | 2d | +9% | 499M | |
| portable-atomicEstablished | 1,871,271 | 512 | 2mo | +0% | 532M |
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