rustix vs jsonwebtoken

Short answerBy steady daily use, rustix is bigger: 3,390,892 real downloads a day against 698,399 for jsonwebtoken (4.9x). 1,684 crates depend on rustix and 2,010 on jsonwebtoken. rustix last shipped 38 days ago, jsonwebtoken 38 days ago.

rustix

Widely used

Widely used and steady.

1,684 crates depend on it; downloads don't spike on releases.

Safe Rust bindings to POSIX/Unix/Linux/Winsock-like syscalls

jsonwebtoken

Widely used

Widely used and steady.

2,010 crates depend on it; small bumps on release days (1.23x the baseline).

Create and decode JWTs in a strongly typed way.

rustixjsonwebtoken · 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	rustix	jsonwebtoken
Real downloads a day	3,390,892	698,399
Crates that depend on it	1,684	2,010
Last release	1.1.5, 38 days ago	11.1.0, 38 days ago
Trend vs the field	+1%	+3%
Release-window share	2.4%	2.7%
Downloads in the window	314,948,187	63,479,734
All-time downloads	1,293,003,640	221,532,259
Versions published	170	59
License	Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT	MIT
MSRV	1.65	1.88.0
First published	Oct 29, 2021	Nov 2, 2015

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 (jsonwebtoken, 2,010 dependents): more eyes, more answered questions, and you may already have it in your tree.
Check the release dates against your own pace: rustix 38 days ago, jsonwebtoken 38 days 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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