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🦀 crates.io Rust Package Scraper

🚀 Pull Rust crates with version, edition, downloads, dependencies, repo, categories, keywords, features, crate size, license. 34 fields.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-08 · 📊 34 fields per record · 150K+ Rust crates · version, edition, downloads, recent downloads, dependencies, repo, categories, keywords, features, crate size, license · search, browse, lookup

The crates.io Rust Package Scraper pulls rich crate metadata from the official Rust crates registry. Output includes crate ID + name, newest + max-stable + default versions, description, license, total + recent downloads, homepage, repository, documentation URL, structured + plain keywords, structured + plain categories, created / updated dates, yanked flag, exact-match flag (for search), and per-version metadata: edition (2015 / 2018 / 2021 / 2024), crate size, features, has-lib flag, bin names, version-level downloads.

Four modes in one Actor: free-text search, newest crates feed, most-downloaded, and recently-updated. Plus direct lookup by crate name. Lookup mode enriches each record with detailed keyword + category objects (with their own crate counts).

📋 What the crates.io Rust Package Scraper does

Five filtering workflows in a single run:

• 🔍 Search. Free-text crates.io search.
• 📈 Newest / popular. Sort by new, by total downloads, by recent activity.
• 🆔 Lookup. Pull specific crates by name with full enrichment.
• ⚙️ Per-version metadata. Edition, crate size, features, bin names, has-lib flag.
• 🏷️ Categories + keywords. Both as plain arrays and as detailed objects with their own crate counts.

💡 Why it matters: clean, server-side filtering and fresh data on every run.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: top 50 most-downloaded crates.

{
"maxItems":50,
"mode":"most_downloaded"
}

Example: lookup specific crates.

{
"maxItems":10,
"mode":"lookup",
"names":"serde\ntokio\nclap\nrand\nrayon"
}

📊 Output

Each record contains 34 fields. Download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

📦 Sample records

✨ Why choose this Actor

📈 How it compares to alternatives

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Find the crates.io Rust Package Scraper on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick filters and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start.
5. 📥 Download. Grab results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🔌 Automating crates.io Rust Package Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick a mode (search, newest, most_downloaded, recently_updated, or lookup). The Actor pages through the crates.io API and emits one record per crate.

📊 How many fields per record?

34 base. Lookup mode adds detailed keyword and category objects.

⚙️ What does the edition field mean?

The Rust edition the crate was compiled against: 2015, 2018, 2021, or 2024.

📦 Are features listed?

Yes. Cargo features for the latest version are exposed as a string array.

📈 How accurate are downloads?

Pulled live from crates.io. The recentDownloads field is last-90-days.

🆓 Do I need an API key?

No. crates.io is open.

🔁 Can I schedule runs?

Yes. Schedule daily to track new releases and version bumps.

⚖️ Is this data free to use?

Yes. crates.io publishes metadata openly.

🚨 Are yanked crates included?

Yes. The yanked flag is preserved.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan?

No. The free plan covers preview runs (10 records).

🔌 Integrate with any app

crates.io Rust Package Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications
• Airbyte - Pipe data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits
• Google Drive - Export datasets to Sheets

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🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Rust Foundation, the crates.io maintainers, or any individual crate author. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.