Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to tauri
Short answerThe closest alternatives to tauri on crates.io data are http-body (2.8M real downloads a day), h2 (2.3M real downloads a day), httparse (2.2M real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is http-body, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. tauri itself gets 164,334 a day with 751 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs tauri | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| http-body Widely used | 2,784,335 | 16.94x | 1,124 | 3mo | category Web programming | side by side |
| h2 Established | 2,290,495 | 13.94x | 296 | 18d | category Web programming | compare |
| httparse Established | 2,183,298 | 13.29x | 609 | 20mo | category Web programming | compare |
| tower-http Widely used | 2,044,149 | 12.44x | 3,782 | 54d | category Web programming | compare |
| http-body-util Widely used | 1,970,860 | 11.99x | 3,957 | 2mo | category Web programming | compare |
| serde_urlencoded Widely used | 1,715,895 | 10.44x | 1,342 | 4.8y | category Web programming | compare |
| axum-core Established | 1,571,431 | 9.56x | 191 | 10mo | category Web programming | compare |
| encoding_rs Widely used | 1,414,714 | 8.61x | 1,424 | 30d | category Web programming | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with tauri; 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 tauri: 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 tauri, 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. 2,784,335 real downloads a day.http-bodyRust crate. Trait representing an asynchronous, streaming, HTTP request or response body. Real use: 2.8M downloads a day on quiet days; 1,124 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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