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

• Frontend frameworks (WASM)
  • Outdated frontend frameworks
• Server frameworks
  • High-Level Server Frameworks
  • Low-Level Frameworks
  • Outdated server frameworks
• Client frameworks
  • Outdated client frameworks
• Templating
  • Outdated Templating
• Websocket Libraries
  • Outdated websocket libraries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				1347.4k	yes	yes	HTML	React/Redux
egui				15456.1k	no	no	Canvas	ImGUI
Iced				1743.6k	no	no	Canvas	TEA
Leptos				2742.4k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
Silkenweb				16.9k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
Sycamore				272.1k	no	yes	HTML	FRP
Vizia				5.6k	no	no	Canvas
Xilem Web				1.1k			HTML
yew				4306.0k	yes	yes	HTML	React/Redux

Outdated frontend frameworks

Name	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Downloads	Virtual DOM	SSR	Rendering	Architecture	Repo	Docs	License	Version
dodrio				206.6k
dominator				335.8k	no	no	HTML	FRP
draco				6.0k
dumle				-
frender				6.5k	yes	no
Kobold				18.0k	no		HTML	React/Redux
mika				1.9k
mogwai				53.3k	no	yes	HTML
MoonZoon				-	no	no	HTML	FRP
natrix				1.8k	no		HTML	FRP
percy				50.9k	yes	yes	HTML
ruukh				5.8k
sauron				492.6k	yes	yes	HTML	TEA
Seed				399.1k	yes	no	HTML	TEA
smithy				14.0k
spair				11.6k	no	no	HTML
squark				24.5k
stdweb				15500.4k
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
cot								yes	yes	yes	tokio	no
loco								yes	yes	yes	tokio	no
ntex								yes	yes	yes	ntex-rt	yes
Ohkami								yes			various runtimes	no
Poem								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
rocket								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
salvo								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
Viz								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
wtx								yes	yes	yes	wtx	yes
zino								yes

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
xitca-web								yes

Outdated server frameworks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
graphul								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no
hydrogen
iron
kinglet
nickel
rouille								no	yes			no
rustful
rustless
sappers
shio
solicit
Thruster								yes	yes	yes	tokio (or hyper)	no
Tide								yes	yes	no	async-std	no
tiny-http								no	yes	no		no
tk-http
tower-web
trillium								yes	yes	no	tokio	no
warp								yes	yes	yes	hyper	no

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

Templating

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity
askama
handlebars
liquid
maud
minijinja
rshtml
ructe
sailfish
srtemplate
tera
UIBeam

Outdated templating libraries

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity
horrorshow
markup
mustache
stpl
tinytemplate
typed-html

Websocket Libraries

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Client	Server	Async
actix-ws								yes	yes	yes
mews								no	yes	yes
Ohkami								no	yes	yes
tokio-tungstenite								yes	yes	yes
tungstenite								yes	yes	yes
wtx								yes	yes	yes

Outdated websocket libraries

Name	Repo	Docs	License	Version	Stars	Contributors	Activity	Client	Server	Async
websocket								yes	yes	yes
ws-rs								yes	yes	yes