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Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to radium
Short answerThe closest alternatives to radium on crates.io data are crossbeam-utils (2.7M real downloads a day), crossbeam-epoch (2.1M real downloads a day), try-lock (1.9M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is crossbeam-utils, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. radium itself gets 771,396 a day with 6 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs radium | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crossbeam-utils Established | 2,696,777 | 3.50x | 605 | 49d | category Concurrency, category No standard library, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| crossbeam-epoch Established | 2,073,178 | 2.69x | 114 | 49d | category Concurrency, category No standard library, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| try-lock Pulled in | 1,879,742 | 2.44x | 9 | 2.9y | category Concurrency, category No standard library, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| sharded-slab Pulled in | 1,733,301 | 2.25x | 32 | 3.1y | category Concurrency, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| dashmap Widely used | 1,112,131 | 1.44x | 4,694 | 5mo | category Concurrency, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| portable-atomic-util Pulled in | 537,004 | 0.70x | 73 | 50d | category Concurrency, category No standard library, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| crossbeam Widely used | 374,913 | 0.49x | 1,418 | 49d | category Concurrency, category No standard library, keyword "atomic" | compare |
| triomphe Established | 238,807 | 0.31x | 172 | 14d | category Concurrency, keyword "sync" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with radium; 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 radium: 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 radium, 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: Established and steady. 2,696,777 real downloads a day.crossbeam-utilsRust crate. Utilities for concurrent programming. Real use: 2.7M downloads a day on quiet days; 605 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time