Crates / comfy-table / Alternatives
Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to comfy-table
Short answerThe closest alternatives to comfy-table on crates.io data are unicode-ident (4.4M real downloads a day), heck (3.9M real downloads a day), anstyle (2.6M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is unicode-ident, and 7 shipped a release in the last year. comfy-table itself gets 251,472 a day with 1,134 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs comfy-table | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unicode-ident Established | 4,390,154 | 17.46x | 222 | 12d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| heck Widely used | 3,901,922 | 15.52x | 1,865 | 2.6y | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| anstyle Established | 2,632,269 | 10.47x | 607 | 7mo | keyword "terminal" | compare |
| icu_collections Pulled in | 2,507,923 | 9.97x | 25 | 2d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| icu_properties_data Pulled in | 2,505,718 | 9.96x | 8 | 2d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| icu_properties Established | 2,501,772 | 9.95x | 118 | 2d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| icu_normalizer_data Pulled in | 2,473,115 | 9.83x | 10 | 2d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
| icu_normalizer Pulled in | 2,472,932 | 9.83x | 89 | 2d | keyword "unicode" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with comfy-table; 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 comfy-table: 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 comfy-table, 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 24, 2026. Built when we find 3 or more.
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The closest alternative: Established and steady. 4,390,154 real downloads a day.unicode-identRust crate. Determine whether characters have the XID_Start or XID_Continue properties according to Unicode Standard Annex #31. Real use: 4.4M downloads a day on quiet...Read it next →Also worth your time