Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to fjall
Short answerThe closest alternatives to fjall on crates.io data are surrealdb (6.2K real downloads a day), sled (40.1K real downloads a day), lancedb (11.7K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is crossbeam-utils, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. fjall itself gets 7,581 a day with 99 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs fjall | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| surrealdb Established | 6,154 | 0.81x | 186 | 8d | category Data structures, category Database implementations, keyword "database", keyword "key-value" | compare |
| sled Established | 40,074 | 5.29x | 531 | 2.0y | category Algorithms, category Data structures, keyword "rocksdb" | compare |
| lancedb Established | 11,666 | 1.54x | 100 | 20d | category Database implementations, keyword "database" | compare |
| crossbeam-utils Established | 2,696,777 | 355.73x | 605 | 49d | category Algorithms, category Data structures | compare |
| ahash Widely used | 1,968,676 | 259.69x | 2,097 | 18mo | category Algorithms, category Data structures | compare |
| crossbeam-deque Established | 1,924,167 | 253.81x | 142 | 49d | category Algorithms, category Data structures | compare |
| num-bigint Widely used | 1,899,489 | 250.56x | 2,449 | 4mo | category Algorithms, category Data structures | compare |
| crossbeam-channel Widely used | 1,564,625 | 206.39x | 2,767 | 49d | category Algorithms, category Data structures | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with fjall; 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 fjall: 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 fjall, 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. 6,154 real downloads a day.surrealdbRust crate. A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web. Real use: 6.2K downloads a day on quiet days; 186 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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