Crates / octocrab / Alternatives
Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to octocrab
Short answerThe closest alternatives to octocrab on crates.io data are ureq (840K real downloads a day), cookie_store (318K real downloads a day), k8s-openapi (265K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is ureq, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. octocrab itself gets 29,717 a day with 285 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs octocrab | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ureq Widely used | 840,482 | 28.28x | 4,472 | 3d | category HTTP client | compare |
| cookie_store Established | 318,087 | 10.70x | 132 | 8mo | category HTTP client | compare |
| k8s-openapi Established | 265,277 | 8.93x | 943 | 4mo | category HTTP client | compare |
| reqwest-middleware Established | 249,146 | 8.38x | 556 | 5mo | category HTTP client | compare |
| cloudflare Pulled in | 861 | 0.03x | 13 | 20mo | category HTTP client | compare |
| postmark Pulled in | 133 | 0.00x | 1 | 5mo | category HTTP client | compare |
| paypal-rs Pulled in | 57 | 0.00x | 0 | 2.4y | category HTTP client | compare |
| shopify_api Pulled in | 14 | 0.00x | 0 | 0d | category HTTP client | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with octocrab; 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 octocrab: 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 octocrab, 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: Widely used and steady. 840,482 real downloads a day.ureqRust crate. Simple, safe HTTP client. Real use: 840K downloads a day on quiet days; 4,472 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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