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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to cloudinary
Short answerThe closest alternatives to cloudinary on crates.io data are rustix (3.4M real downloads a day), jsonwebtoken (698K real downloads a day), zune-core (612K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is rustix, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. cloudinary itself gets 14 a day with 0 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs cloudinary | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rustix Widely used | 3,390,892 | 242206.57x | 1,684 | 38d | keyword "api" | compare |
| jsonwebtoken Widely used | 698,399 | 49885.64x | 2,010 | 38d | keyword "api" | compare |
| zune-core Pulled in | 611,619 | 43687.07x | 64 | 3mo | keyword "image" | compare |
| io-lifetimes Pulled in | 418,589 | 29899.21x | 26 | 15mo | keyword "api" | compare |
| jpeg-decoder Established | 148,852 | 10632.29x | 144 | 16mo | keyword "image" | compare |
| async-nats Established | 67,650 | 4832.18x | 356 | 1d | keyword "api" | compare |
| lambda_runtime Established | 48,397 | 3456.93x | 100 | 6d | keyword "api" | compare |
| vaultrs Pulled in | 32,253 | 2303.79x | 42 | 7mo | keyword "api" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with cloudinary; 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 cloudinary: 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 cloudinary, 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: Widely used and steady. 3,390,892 real downloads a day.rustixRust crate. Safe Rust bindings to POSIX/Unix/Linux/Winsock-like syscalls. Real use: 3.4M downloads a day on quiet days; 1,684 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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