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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to gloo-timers
Short answerThe closest alternatives to gloo-timers on crates.io data are web-time (1.1M real downloads a day), opentelemetry (844K real downloads a day), wasite (348K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is socket2, and 7 shipped a release in the last year. gloo-timers itself gets 301,185 a day with 445 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs gloo-timers | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-time Widely used | 1,133,377 | 3.76x | 1,163 | 2.6y | category API bindings, category WebAssembly | side by side |
| opentelemetry Widely used | 843,720 | 2.80x | 1,838 | 15d | category API bindings, category Asynchronous | compare |
| wasite Pulled in | 348,285 | 1.16x | 1 | 10mo | category API bindings, category WebAssembly | compare |
| socket2 Widely used | 4,034,112 | 13.39x | 1,539 | 3mo | category API bindings | compare |
| mio Established | 3,332,252 | 11.06x | 624 | 21d | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tokio Foundational | 3,098,313 | 10.29x | 78,796 | 3d | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tokio-macros Pulled in | 2,690,840 | 8.93x | 50 | 3mo | category Asynchronous | compare |
| tracing-core Established | 2,617,281 | 8.69x | 386 | 10mo | category Asynchronous | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with gloo-timers; 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 gloo-timers: 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 gloo-timers, 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: Widely used and quiet for years. 1,133,377 real downloads a day.web-timeRust crate. Drop-in replacement for std::time for Wasm in browsers. Real use: 1.1M downloads a day on quiet days; 1,163 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time