Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 27, 2026
Alternatives to trunk
Short answerThe closest alternatives to trunk on crates.io data are web-time (1.1M real downloads a day), fastly (1.1K real downloads a day), dioxus (13.8K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is wasi, and 6 shipped a release in the last year. trunk itself gets 1,565 a day with 0 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs trunk | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-time Widely used | 1,133,377 | 724.20x | 1,163 | 2.6y | category WebAssembly, keyword "wasm", keyword "web" | compare |
| fastly Pulled in | 1,113 | 0.71x | 19 | 2mo | category Web programming, category WebAssembly, keyword "wasm" | compare |
| dioxus Established | 13,820 | 8.83x | 471 | 11d | keyword "wasm", keyword "web" | compare |
| wasi Pulled in | 2,177,567 | 1391.42x | 58 | 13mo | category WebAssembly, keyword "wasm" | compare |
| axum-core Established | 1,571,431 | 1004.11x | 191 | 10mo | category Web programming, keyword "web" | compare |
| encoding_rs Widely used | 1,414,714 | 903.97x | 1,424 | 30d | category Web programming, keyword "web" | compare |
| wasip2 Pulled in | 1,129,868 | 721.96x | 16 | 32d | category WebAssembly, keyword "wasm" | compare |
| wasip3 Pulled in | 500,046 | 319.52x | 40 | 44d | category WebAssembly, keyword "wasm" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with trunk; 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 trunk: 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 trunk, 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 quiet for years. 1,133,377 real downloads a day.web-timeRust crate. Drop-in replacement for std::time for Wasm in browsers. Real use: 1.1M downloads a day on quiet days; 1,163 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time
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