Rust web framework comparison

A comparison of some web frameworks written in Rust.

This overview only contains frameworks that work on stable Rust.

Table of Contents

• Rust web framework comparison
  • Table of Contents
  • Frontend frameworks (WASM)
    • Outdated frontend frameworks
  • Server frameworks
    • High-Level Server Frameworks
    • Low-Level Frameworks
    • Outdated server frameworks
  • Client frameworks
    • Outdated client frameworks
  • Supplemental libraries
    • Templating
    • Websocket Libraries

Frontend frameworks (WASM)

Since WASM support is available in most browsers we can use Rust to build web applications :)

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Downloads	Virtual DOM	SSR	Rendering	Architecture	Repo	Docs	License	Version
Dioxus				29.2k	yes	yes	HTML	React/Redux
dominator				60.1k	no	no	HTML	FRP
egui				551.0k	no	no	Canvas	ImGUI
Iced				171.1k	no	no	Canvas	TEA
Leptos				2.7k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
mogwai				5.9k	no	yes	HTML
MoonZoon				-	no	no	HTML	FRP
sauron				55.3k	yes	yes	HTML	TEA
Silkenweb				0.6k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
Sycamore				26.1k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
yew				483.3k	yes	yes	HTML	React/Redux

Outdated frontend frameworks

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Downloads	Virtual DOM	SSR	Rendering	Architecture	Repo	Docs	License	Version
dodrio				99.6k
draco				-
dumle				-
frender				0.5k	yes	no
mika				0.3k
percy				-	yes	yes	HTML
ruukh				-
Seed				192.4k	yes	no	HTML	TEA
smithy				3.5k
spair				0.9k	no	no	HTML
squark				-
stdweb				7213.9k
willow				-

Server frameworks

High-Level Server Frameworks

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Async	HTTPS	HTTP/2	Base	Client
actix-web								yes	yes	yes	tokio	no
axum								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
graphul								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
Poem								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
rouille								no	yes			no
salvo								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
Thruster								yes	yes	yes	tokio (or hyper)	no
trillium								yes	yes	no	tokio	no
Viz								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
warp								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no

Low-Level Frameworks

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Async	HTTPS	HTTP/2	Base	Client
actix-http								yes	yes	yes		yes
hyper								yes	yes	yes		yes
tiny-http								no	yes	no		no

Outdated server frameworks

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Async	HTTPS	HTTP/2	Base	Client
cargonaouts
civet
conduit
gotham								yes	yes	no	hyper	no
hydrogen
iron
kinglet
nickel
rocket								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
rustful
rustless
sappers
shio
solicit
Tide								yes	yes	no	async-std	no
tk-http
tower-web

Client frameworks

To build web clients with Rust, you can choose between these libraries:

• reqwest (- / repository / documentation)
• awc (- / repository / api docs)
• hyper (homepage / repository / documentation)
• jsonrpc (- / repository / documentation)

Outdated client frameworks

• ease

Supplemental libraries

Templating

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity
askama
handlebars
horrorshow
liquid
maud
mustache
ructe
sailfish
stpl
tera
typed-html
yew-template

Websocket Libraries

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Client	Server	Async
actix-web								yes	yes	yes
tokio-tungstenite								yes	yes	yes
tungstenite								yes	yes	yes
ws-rs								yes	yes	yes