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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to cloudflare
Short answerThe closest alternatives to cloudflare on crates.io data are shopify_api (14 real downloads a day), async-nats (67.7K real downloads a day), nats (625 real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is ureq, and 8 shipped a release in the last year. cloudflare itself gets 861 a day with 13 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs cloudflare | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shopify_api Pulled in | 14 | 0.02x | 0 | 0d | category API bindings, category HTTP client, keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| async-nats Established | 67,650 | 78.57x | 356 | 1d | category API bindings, keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| nats Pulled in | 625 | 0.73x | 28 | 7mo | category API bindings, keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| k8s-openapi Established | 265,277 | 308.10x | 943 | 4mo | category API bindings, category HTTP client, keyword "client" | compare |
| vaultrs Pulled in | 32,253 | 37.46x | 42 | 7mo | keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| etcd-client Pulled in | 30,381 | 35.29x | 76 | 8d | keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| pulsar Pulled in | 6,483 | 7.53x | 25 | 12d | keyword "api", keyword "client" | compare |
| ureq Widely used | 840,482 | 976.17x | 4,472 | 3d | category HTTP client, keyword "client" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with cloudflare; read its description before you swap.
- More dependents means more answered questions and a smaller chance it disappears.
- Check the last release against how fast you need fixes. For cloudflare: is it still maintained?
Rules
Alternatives = tracked crates (top 1000 by downloads) that share a specific crates.io category (2 points each) or keyword (3 points each) with cloudflare, most similar first; its own parts (same name prefix) and crates it depends on or that depend on it are left out, because those are companions, not substitutes. Real downloads = quiet-day median, crates.io data Oct 27, 2026. Built when we find 3 or more.
Up next
The closest alternative: Few direct dependents and gaining. 14 real downloads a day.shopify_apiRust crate. Shopify Admin GraphQL client: operations checked against Shopify's schema at compile time, typed results, automatic tokens and throttling, bulk operations...Read it next →Also worth your time
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