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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to opentelemetry-prometheus
Short answerThe closest alternatives to opentelemetry-prometheus on crates.io data are tracing-opentelemetry (622K real downloads a day), tracing-subscriber (1.9M real downloads a day), tracing-futures (244K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is tracing-core, and 7 shipped a release in the last year. opentelemetry-prometheus itself gets 36,153 a day with 69 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs opentelemetry-prometheus | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tracing-opentelemetry Widely used | 621,693 | 17.20x | 1,106 | 31d | category Asynchronous, category Debugging, keyword "async", keyword "opentelemetry" | compare |
| tracing-subscriber Foundational | 1,919,774 | 53.10x | 20,192 | 7mo | category Asynchronous, category Debugging, keyword "metrics" | compare |
| tracing-futures Established | 243,931 | 6.75x | 355 | 5.7y | category Asynchronous, category Debugging, keyword "async" | compare |
| console-subscriber Established | 129,668 | 3.59x | 197 | 12mo | category Asynchronous, category Debugging, keyword "async" | compare |
| tokio-console Pulled in | 332 | 0.01x | 2 | 12mo | category Asynchronous, category Debugging, keyword "async" | compare |
| metrics-exporter-prometheus Established | 188,299 | 5.21x | 504 | 6mo | category Debugging, keyword "metrics", keyword "prometheus" | compare |
| tracing-core Established | 2,617,281 | 72.39x | 386 | 10mo | category Asynchronous, category Debugging | compare |
| tracing-attributes Pulled in | 2,272,684 | 62.86x | 48 | 11mo | category Asynchronous, category Debugging | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with opentelemetry-prometheus; 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 opentelemetry-prometheus: 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 opentelemetry-prometheus, 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. 621,693 real downloads a day.tracing-opentelemetryRust crate. OpenTelemetry integration for tracing. Real use: 622K downloads a day on quiet days; 1,106 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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