Crates / embassy-executor / Alternatives
Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to embassy-executor
Short answerThe closest alternatives to embassy-executor on crates.io data are mio (3.3M real downloads a day), zerocopy (3.2M real downloads a day), tokio (3.1M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is mio, and 8 shipped a release in the last year. embassy-executor itself gets 10,490 a day with 212 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs embassy-executor | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mio Established | 3,332,252 | 317.66x | 624 | 21d | category Asynchronous | compare |
| zerocopy Established | 3,245,504 | 309.39x | 878 | 11d | category Embedded development | compare |
| tokio Foundational | 3,098,313 | 295.36x | 78,796 | 3d | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tokio-macros Pulled in | 2,690,840 | 256.51x | 50 | 3mo | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tracing-core Established | 2,617,281 | 249.50x | 386 | 10mo | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tracing Foundational | 2,611,879 | 248.99x | 46,220 | 10mo | category Asynchronous, category No standard library | compare |
| icu_provider Pulled in | 2,521,500 | 240.37x | 93 | 2d | category Embedded development, category No standard library | compare |
| icu_collections Pulled in | 2,507,923 | 239.08x | 25 | 2d | category Embedded development, category No standard library | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with embassy-executor; 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 embassy-executor: 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 embassy-executor, 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: Established and steady. 3,332,252 real downloads a day.mioRust crate. Lightweight non-blocking I/O. Real use: 3.3M downloads a day on quiet days; 624 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
Art: Nicholas Roerich, Nag Lake (1925). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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