Crates.io Scraper

Scrape Rust packages from crates.io — the official Rust package registry. Get download stats, version history, categories, and metadata for any crate.

What can it do?

• Most downloaded — All-time most popular Rust crates
• Most recent — Latest published crate versions
• New crates — Brand new crates just published
• Recently downloaded — Currently trending by download activity
• Search — Find crates by keyword
• Crate detail — Full metadata for a specific crate (versions, deps, authors)
• Categories — Browse all crate categories

Why use this scraper?

• ⚡ Fast — Official crates.io API, no browser needed
• 📊 Rich data — Downloads, versions, categories, keywords, license
• 📦 Version history — All published versions with dates and download counts
• 🔍 Search — Full-text search across crate names and descriptions
• 📈 Trend data — Recent download counts for popularity tracking

Input examples

Most downloaded crates

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

Search for async crates

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "async runtime",
  "maxItems": 30
}

Get detail for a specific crate

{
  "mode": "crate_detail",
  "crateName": "serde"
}

New crates just published

{
  "mode": "new_crates",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Browse categories

{
  "mode": "categories"
}

Output example

{
  "id": "serde",
  "name": "serde",
  "description": "A generic serialization/deserialization framework",
  "downloads": 312000000,
  "recent_downloads": 18500000,
  "max_version": "1.0.217",
  "repository": "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde",
  "homepage": "https://serde.rs",
  "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
  "categories": ["encoding", "no-std"],
  "keywords": ["serde", "serialization", "no_std"]
}

Use cases

• Rust ecosystem analysis — Track growth and adoption of Rust packages
• Dependency research — Find the best crate for your project
• Security auditing — Monitor crate versions and changes
• Market research — Understand what Rust developers need
• Open source metrics — Track download trends over time

Pricing

Free to use. You only pay for Apify platform usage (compute and storage).

Limitations

• crates.io API rate limit: 1 request/second (handled automatically)
• Search results limited to 100 pages
• Version history included only in crate_detail mode