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Rust crates · category · data Oct 24, 2026
HTTP client crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to make HTTP network requests.” 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, hyper leads HTTP client with 2,783,528 real downloads a day (widely used and steady). 4 of the 6 have 1,000+ dependents; 0 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. Release spikes barely matter here: the median crate got 2.5% of its downloads within 2 days of a release.
6 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hyperWidely used | 2,783,528 | 5,861 | 18d | -6% | 1B | |
| reqwestFoundational | 2,544,741 | 31,677 | 46d | +1% | 833M | |
| hyper-utilWidely used | 1,948,171 | 3,155 | 30d | +6% | 568M | |
| ureqWidely used | 840,482 | 4,472 | 3d | +1% | 240M | |
| cookie_storeEstablished | 318,087 | 132 | 8mo | -11% | 92.1M | |
| reqwest-middlewareEstablished | 249,146 | 556 | 5mo | +3% | 91.8M |
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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