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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to fdeflate
Short answerThe closest alternatives to fdeflate on crates.io data are miniz_oxide (2.5M real downloads a day), flate2 (2.1M real downloads a day), zstd-safe (1.1M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is miniz_oxide, and 8 shipped a release in the last year. fdeflate itself gets 764,213 a day with 8 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs fdeflate | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miniz_oxide Established | 2,510,979 | 3.29x | 443 | 7mo | category Compression | compare |
| flate2 Widely used | 2,127,583 | 2.78x | 7,758 | 57d | category Compression | compare |
| zstd-safe Pulled in | 1,111,608 | 1.45x | 55 | 8d | category Compression | compare |
| zstd Widely used | 1,083,388 | 1.42x | 2,614 | 8d | category Compression | compare |
| zstd-sys Pulled in | 1,052,310 | 1.38x | 57 | 8d | category Compression | compare |
| zip Widely used | 977,272 | 1.28x | 4,151 | 7d | category Compression | compare |
| brotli Established | 841,265 | 1.10x | 613 | 52d | category Compression | compare |
| async-compression Established | 707,872 | 0.93x | 387 | 7d | category Compression | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with fdeflate; 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 fdeflate: 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 fdeflate, 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.
Up next
The closest alternative: Established and gaining. 2,510,979 real downloads a day.miniz_oxideRust crate. DEFLATE compression and decompression library rewritten in Rust based on miniz. Real use: 2.5M downloads a day on quiet days; 443 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time