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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to postgrest
Short answerThe closest alternatives to postgrest on crates.io data are firebase-rs (25 real downloads a day), rustix (3.4M real downloads a day), jsonwebtoken (698K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is rustix, and 7 shipped a release in the last year. postgrest itself gets 652 a day with 7 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs postgrest | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firebase-rs Pulled in | 25 | 0.04x | 1 | 6mo | keyword "api", keyword "rest" | compare |
| rustix Widely used | 3,390,892 | 5200.75x | 1,684 | 38d | keyword "api" | compare |
| jsonwebtoken Widely used | 698,399 | 1071.16x | 2,010 | 38d | keyword "api" | compare |
| io-lifetimes Pulled in | 418,589 | 642.01x | 26 | 15mo | keyword "api" | compare |
| tokio-postgres Established | 243,640 | 373.68x | 847 | 5mo | keyword "postgres" | compare |
| azure_core Established | 117,077 | 179.57x | 485 | 52d | keyword "rest" | compare |
| azure_identity Established | 97,200 | 149.08x | 134 | 52d | keyword "rest" | compare |
| async-nats Established | 67,650 | 103.76x | 356 | 1d | keyword "api" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with postgrest; 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 postgrest: 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 postgrest, 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.
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The closest alternative: Few direct dependents and losing ground. 25 real downloads a day.firebase-rsRust crate. Rust based Firebase library. Real use: 25 downloads a day on quiet days; 1 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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