Crates / Compare / quick-xml vs roxmltree
Rust crates side by side · data Oct 24, 2026
quick-xml vs roxmltree
Short answerBy steady daily use, quick-xml is bigger: 1,525,182 real downloads a day against 313,298 for roxmltree (4.9x). 2,687 crates depend on quick-xml and 823 on roxmltree. quick-xml last shipped 2 months ago, roxmltree 12 months ago.
quick-xml
Widely usedWidely used and steady.
2,687 crates depend on it; downloads don't spike on releases.
High performance xml reader and writer
roxmltree
EstablishedEstablished and gaining.
823 crates depend on it; no release in the last 90 days, so its count is all steady use.
Represent an XML as a read-only tree.
quick-xmlroxmltree · 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 | quick-xml | roxmltree |
|---|---|---|
| Real downloads a day | 1,525,182 | 313,298 |
| Crates that depend on it | 2,687 | 823 |
| Last release | 0.42.0, 2 months ago | 0.21.1, 12 months ago |
| Trend vs the field | +8% | +31% |
| Release-window share | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Downloads in the window | 147,633,822 | 31,397,506 |
| All-time downloads | 492,840,009 | 91,399,301 |
| Versions published | 104 | 34 |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| MSRV | 1.86 | 1.60 |
| First published | Feb 1, 2016 | Aug 31, 2018 |
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 (quick-xml, 2,687 dependents): more eyes, more answered questions, and you may already have it in your tree.
- Check the release dates against your own pace: quick-xml 2 months ago, roxmltree 12 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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