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Rust crates · category · data Oct 24, 2026
Parsing tools crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to help create parsers of binary and text formats. Format-specific parsers belong in other, more specific categories.” Below are the 13 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, winnow leads Parsing tools with 3,579,683 real downloads a day (established and steady). 7 of the 13 have 1,000+ dependents; 3 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.
13 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| winnowEstablished | 3,579,683 | 448 | 3mo | +1% | 1.1B | |
| zerocopyEstablished | 3,245,504 | 878 | 11d | -5% | 1B | |
| toml_datetimePulled in | 3,215,444 | 29 | 16d | +0% | 936M | |
| tomlFoundational | 2,960,881 | 20,777 | 15d | +2% | 1B | |
| toml_editWidely used | 2,715,071 | 1,989 | 15d | +1% | 941M | |
| serde_spannedPulled in | 2,255,941 | 16 | 16d | +2% | 678M | |
| utf8parsePulled in | 2,191,353 | 13 | 2.4y | -6% | 711M | |
| nomWidely used | 2,156,544 | 2,600 | 21mo | +10% | 823M | |
| byteorderWidely used | 2,056,746 | 4,780 | 3.0y | -2% | 894M | |
| strum_macrosWidely used | 1,935,017 | 2,140 | 8mo | +1% | 723M | |
| strumWidely used | 1,901,257 | 5,075 | 8mo | -2% | 714M | |
| quick-xmlWidely used | 1,525,182 | 2,687 | 2mo | +10% | 493M | |
| minimal-lexicalPulled in | 1,454,881 | 2 | 5.1y | +6% | 593M |
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