Crates / Compare / hyper vs reqwest-middleware
Rust crates side by side · data Oct 24, 2026
hyper vs reqwest-middleware
Short answerBy steady daily use, hyper is bigger: 2,783,528 real downloads a day against 249,146 for reqwest-middleware (11.2x). 5,861 crates depend on hyper and 556 on reqwest-middleware. hyper last shipped 18 days ago, reqwest-middleware 5 months ago.
hyper
Widely usedWidely used and steady.
5,861 crates depend on it; small bumps on release days (1.18x the baseline).
A protective and efficient HTTP library for all.
reqwest-middleware
EstablishedEstablished and steady.
556 crates depend on it; no release in the last 90 days, so its count is all steady use.
Wrapper around reqwest to allow for client middleware chains.
hyperreqwest-middleware · 100% = that crate's normal quiet day, so a spike to 300% is triple its usual traffic
Every number, side by side
| Same window, same method | hyper | reqwest-middleware |
|---|---|---|
| Real downloads a day | 2,783,528 | 249,146 |
| Crates that depend on it | 5,861 | 556 |
| Last release | 1.12.0, 18 days ago | 0.5.2, 5 months ago |
| Trend vs the field | -6% | +3% |
| Release-window share | 4.8% | 0.0% |
| Downloads in the window | 249,067,739 | 21,834,012 |
| All-time downloads | 1,042,353,402 | 91,785,224 |
| Versions published | 253 | 23 |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| MSRV | 1.63 | not set |
| First published | Nov 22, 2014 | Aug 12, 2021 |
Which to pick
- Downloads tell you what is common, not what fits. Each crate's own description above says what it is for; when the jobs differ, pick by the job.
- When both fit, prefer the one more crates depend on (hyper, 5,861 dependents): more eyes, more answered questions, and you may already have it in your tree.
- Check the release dates against your own pace: hyper 18 days ago, reqwest-middleware 5 months ago.
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Method
Real downloads = the median day with no release that day or the day before, from the crates.io API (Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026). Raw crates.io counts include CI and bots and run high (why); the method is from our 90-day study.
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