Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to sled
Short answerThe closest alternatives to sled on crates.io data are fjall (7.6K real downloads a day), crossbeam-deque (1.9M real downloads a day), crossbeam-channel (1.6M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is yoke, and 8 shipped a release in the last year. sled itself gets 40,074 a day with 531 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs sled | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fjall Pulled in | 7,581 | 0.19x | 99 | 2d | category Algorithms, category Data structures, keyword "rocksdb" | compare |
| crossbeam-deque Established | 1,924,167 | 48.02x | 142 | 49d | category Algorithms, category Concurrency | compare |
| crossbeam-channel Widely used | 1,564,625 | 39.04x | 2,767 | 49d | category Algorithms, category Concurrency | compare |
| dashmap Widely used | 1,112,131 | 27.75x | 4,694 | 5mo | category Algorithms, category Concurrency | compare |
| scc Established | 240,754 | 6.01x | 133 | 53d | category Caching, category Concurrency | compare |
| yoke Established | 2,599,767 | 64.87x | 104 | 2d | category Caching, category Data structures | compare |
| zerovec-derive Pulled in | 2,561,390 | 63.92x | 6 | 2d | category Caching, category Data structures | compare |
| zerovec Pulled in | 2,516,803 | 62.80x | 60 | 2d | category Caching, category Data structures | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with sled; 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 sled: 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 sled, 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: Few direct dependents and steady. 7,581 real downloads a day.fjallRust crate. Log-structured, embeddable key-value storage engine. Real use: 7.6K downloads a day on quiet days; 99 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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