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Rust web frameworks: star history compared

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tokio-rs/axum

Rust web frameworks are a study in ecosystem consolidation. Actix Web's benchmark dominance made it the early flagship, Rocket bet on ergonomics before the async ecosystem was ready, and Axum — riding the Tokio team's credibility — became the community default almost as soon as it shipped. The relative slopes since 2021 show that shift clearly, and they matter more than any single benchmark table.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Sep 2026

Rust web frameworks — star history
28k STARS9 YR 9 MOtokio-rs/axum24krwf2/rocket28kactix/actix-web26kseanmonstar/warp11kpoem-web/poem4ksalvo-rs/salvo4.2k

tokio-rs/axum: 23,737 stars on September 15, 2026. rwf2/rocket: 28,231 stars on September 15, 2026. actix/actix-web: 25,631 stars on September 11, 2026. seanmonstar/warp: 10,941 stars on September 4, 2026. poem-web/poem: 4,008 stars on July 24, 2026. salvo-rs/salvo: 4,183 stars on September 12, 2026.

Star history for tokio-rs/axum
DateStars
July 30, 202165
August 20, 20211472
September 14, 20211788
October 7, 20211972
November 4, 20212213
November 26, 20212429
December 18, 20212620
January 9, 20222866
January 31, 20223239
February 22, 20223479
March 21, 20223900
April 12, 20224124
May 4, 20224476
May 25, 20224684
June 16, 20224911
July 8, 20225132
July 30, 20225394
August 21, 20225675
September 12, 20225978
October 4, 20226273
October 26, 20226588
November 17, 20227054
December 9, 20227452
December 31, 20227748
January 22, 20238127
February 13, 20238455
March 7, 20238862
March 29, 20239300
April 20, 20239720
May 12, 202310080
June 7, 202310433
June 29, 202310724
July 21, 202311064
August 12, 202311497
September 3, 202311913
September 25, 202312269
October 17, 202312659
November 8, 202313015
November 30, 202313490
December 22, 202313854
January 13, 202414322
February 4, 202414727
February 26, 202415071
March 19, 202415480
April 10, 202415874
May 2, 202416223
May 24, 202416679
June 15, 202416992
July 7, 202417311
July 29, 202417635
August 24, 202418026
September 15, 202418370
October 7, 202418706
October 29, 202419040
November 20, 202419347
December 12, 202419605
January 3, 202519949
January 25, 202520251
February 16, 202520509
March 10, 202520784
April 1, 202521102
April 23, 202521372
May 15, 202521616
June 6, 202521826
June 28, 202521996
July 20, 202522189
August 11, 202522387
September 1, 202522556
September 23, 202522705
October 21, 202522841
November 18, 202522999
December 10, 202523094
January 1, 202623232
January 23, 202623360
February 14, 202623451
March 8, 202623542
March 31, 202623602
April 30, 202623645
June 6, 202623691
September 15, 202623737
Star history for rwf2/rocket
DateStars
December 23, 2016329
February 2, 20171460
March 15, 20171819
April 25, 20172060
June 5, 20172304
July 16, 20172544
August 26, 20172811
October 6, 20173033
November 16, 20173264
December 27, 20173535
February 15, 20183988
March 28, 20184332
May 9, 20184607
June 19, 20184836
July 30, 20185116
September 9, 20185363
October 20, 20185625
November 30, 20185959
January 10, 20196389
February 20, 20196701
April 3, 20197019
May 14, 20197359
June 24, 20197682
August 4, 20198036
September 14, 20198372
October 25, 20198654
December 5, 20198955
January 15, 20209255
February 25, 20209615
April 6, 20209988
May 26, 202010505
July 6, 202010984
August 16, 202011976
September 27, 202012364
November 7, 202012684
December 18, 202013006
January 28, 202113433
March 10, 202113828
April 20, 202114224
June 3, 202114651
July 15, 202115240
August 28, 202115663
October 9, 202116134
November 25, 202116495
January 5, 202217048
February 15, 202217484
March 28, 202218082
May 8, 202218487
June 18, 202218894
July 29, 202219333
September 17, 202219808
October 28, 202220268
December 8, 202220692
January 18, 202321087
February 28, 202321508
April 10, 202321977
May 21, 202322334
July 1, 202322628
August 11, 202322920
September 21, 202323276
November 2, 202323589
December 13, 202324182
January 23, 202424633
March 4, 202425028
April 14, 202425354
May 25, 202425655
July 5, 202425975
August 15, 202426278
September 25, 202426619
November 5, 202426879
December 25, 202427175
February 5, 202527384
March 20, 202527562
April 30, 202527714
June 13, 202527842
July 31, 202527940
September 24, 202528024
November 28, 202528103
February 1, 202628176
September 15, 202628231
Star history for actix/actix-web
DateStars
October 7, 20171
December 26, 201784
February 5, 2018227
March 16, 2018465
April 23, 2018873
May 31, 20181336
July 8, 20181745
August 15, 20182117
September 21, 20182360
October 29, 20182586
December 13, 20182793
January 23, 20192984
March 2, 20193238
April 9, 20193491
May 16, 20193874
June 23, 20194545
July 31, 20194930
September 7, 20195333
October 15, 20195586
November 22, 20195895
December 30, 20196294
February 6, 20207386
March 14, 20207829
April 21, 20208213
May 29, 20208650
July 6, 20209053
August 12, 20209420
September 20, 20209807
October 28, 202010136
December 5, 202010470
January 19, 202110942
February 26, 202111354
April 4, 202111667
May 15, 202111970
June 22, 202112271
July 30, 202112546
September 8, 202112835
October 20, 202113081
December 4, 202113312
January 11, 202213685
February 17, 202214075
March 27, 202214537
May 4, 202214895
June 11, 202215195
July 18, 202215521
August 25, 202215897
October 2, 202216302
November 9, 202216748
December 16, 202217103
January 23, 202317486
March 9, 202317937
April 16, 202318345
May 24, 202318733
July 1, 202319041
August 7, 202319372
September 14, 202319730
October 22, 202320064
November 29, 202320408
January 5, 202420715
February 12, 202421050
March 21, 202421410
April 28, 202421726
June 4, 202422003
July 12, 202422303
August 19, 202422639
September 26, 202423010
November 2, 202423294
December 10, 202423595
January 17, 202523920
February 24, 202524184
April 10, 202524449
May 18, 202524666
June 24, 202524825
August 4, 202524980
September 12, 202525115
October 28, 202525254
December 12, 202525363
January 28, 202625467
March 19, 202625578
September 11, 202625631
Star history for seanmonstar/warp
DateStars
July 11, 20182
August 30, 2018496
October 8, 2018578
November 26, 2018638
January 9, 2019694
February 14, 2019760
March 30, 2019844
May 7, 2019908
June 26, 2019961
August 1, 20191060
September 19, 20191134
October 29, 20191215
December 6, 20191283
January 7, 20201385
February 7, 20201750
March 9, 20201946
April 9, 20202159
May 9, 20202329
June 10, 20202550
July 11, 20202969
August 11, 20203187
September 13, 20203339
October 15, 20203494
November 15, 20203644
December 16, 20203820
January 15, 20214025
February 15, 20214411
March 20, 20214597
April 20, 20214767
May 23, 20214922
June 29, 20215162
July 30, 20215339
September 3, 20215497
October 4, 20215626
November 14, 20215752
December 15, 20215892
January 16, 20226045
February 17, 20226186
March 19, 20226318
April 19, 20226557
May 20, 20226756
June 20, 20226892
July 20, 20227064
August 20, 20227223
September 20, 20227404
October 22, 20227583
November 21, 20227744
December 24, 20227891
January 24, 20238030
February 24, 20238189
April 2, 20238341
May 3, 20238486
June 3, 20238622
July 5, 20238727
August 6, 20238837
September 6, 20238958
October 9, 20239080
November 12, 20239195
December 14, 20239317
January 13, 20249423
February 17, 20249542
March 20, 20249666
April 22, 20249781
May 25, 20249869
June 25, 20249989
July 29, 202410086
September 2, 202410176
October 4, 202410250
November 7, 202410319
December 11, 202410381
January 20, 202510467
February 24, 202510527
March 30, 202510593
May 4, 202510658
June 19, 202510704
August 6, 202510750
September 14, 202510827
November 21, 202510868
January 30, 202610908
September 4, 202610941
Star history for poem-web/poem
DateStars
August 13, 202145
September 2, 2021174
September 22, 2021229
October 12, 2021312
November 7, 2021389
November 23, 2021468
December 11, 2021560
December 29, 2021628
January 14, 2022709
January 30, 2022852
February 19, 2022929
March 7, 20221002
March 26, 20221046
April 13, 20221077
April 30, 20221155
May 17, 20221201
June 4, 20221241
June 24, 20221270
July 12, 20221366
July 28, 20221472
August 13, 20221548
September 3, 20221595
September 20, 20221743
October 9, 20221783
October 28, 20221824
November 16, 20221854
December 2, 20221899
December 25, 20221937
January 11, 20231970
January 30, 20232011
February 22, 20232053
March 12, 20232085
April 4, 20232125
April 23, 20232156
May 17, 20232189
June 12, 20232227
July 3, 20232266
July 24, 20232392
August 10, 20232447
August 26, 20232518
September 15, 20232566
October 2, 20232597
October 24, 20232630
November 15, 20232665
December 6, 20232703
December 26, 20232743
January 13, 20242777
January 31, 20242823
February 22, 20242867
March 10, 20242919
April 2, 20242965
April 24, 20243001
May 15, 20243039
June 7, 20243073
June 23, 20243129
July 11, 20243161
July 31, 20243191
August 19, 20243228
September 8, 20243270
September 25, 20243311
October 14, 20243364
November 1, 20243420
November 24, 20243453
December 12, 20243485
January 5, 20253527
January 28, 20253563
February 19, 20253591
March 10, 20253629
March 27, 20253691
April 16, 20253729
May 9, 20253762
May 26, 20253793
June 24, 20253835
July 19, 20253865
August 14, 20253894
September 17, 20253923
October 31, 20253949
December 15, 20253969
January 23, 20263991
July 24, 20264008
Star history for salvo-rs/salvo
DateStars
February 16, 20201
March 23, 202128
April 12, 2021125
May 13, 2021208
July 19, 2021229
September 30, 2021248
November 15, 2021335
December 10, 2021365
January 24, 2022394
March 30, 2022415
May 8, 2022472
June 2, 2022527
June 20, 2022593
July 12, 2022649
August 5, 2022770
August 22, 2022827
September 12, 2022861
September 30, 2022908
October 17, 2022982
November 3, 20221019
November 24, 20221098
December 10, 20221170
December 28, 20221246
January 16, 20231297
February 3, 20231367
February 22, 20231408
March 11, 20231459
March 29, 20231493
April 20, 20231526
May 12, 20231575
June 2, 20231630
June 19, 20231699
July 5, 20231745
July 23, 20231817
August 8, 20231881
August 24, 20231933
September 11, 20232002
September 27, 20232074
October 13, 20232122
November 2, 20232162
November 18, 20232203
December 6, 20232330
December 22, 20232518
January 7, 20242599
January 24, 20242658
February 11, 20242690
March 2, 20242729
March 20, 20242789
April 10, 20242823
April 26, 20242863
May 18, 20242905
June 6, 20242957
June 24, 20243004
July 10, 20243063
July 26, 20243122
August 14, 20243168
August 30, 20243256
September 18, 20243402
October 5, 20243466
October 22, 20243513
November 12, 20243568
November 30, 20243603
December 19, 20243643
January 7, 20253689
January 31, 20253735
February 23, 20253764
March 19, 20253791
April 10, 20253825
April 28, 20253852
May 19, 20253887
June 17, 20253915
July 23, 20253938
August 20, 20253965
September 16, 20253993
October 18, 20254020
December 3, 20254038
December 29, 20254083
January 29, 20264132
February 21, 20264163
September 12, 20264183

How each series was read

  • tokio-rs/axum

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • rwf2/rocket

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • actix/actix-web

    Historical star data · Covers through September 11, 2026

  • seanmonstar/warp

    Historical star data · Covers through September 4, 2026

  • poem-web/poem

    Historical star data · Covers through July 24, 2026

  • salvo-rs/salvo

    Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

Rust web frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1tokio-rs/axum27,129~462021debt charts
2rwf2/rocket25,783~122016debt charts
3actix/actix-web24,826~82017debt charts
4seanmonstar/warp10,366~82018debt charts
5poem-web/poem4,440~42021debt charts
6salvo-rs/salvo4,438~42020debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warppoem-web/poemsalvo-rs/salvo
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 27,12925,78324,82610,3664,4404,438
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +46+12+8+8+4+4
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.5.3 years10 years9.0 years8.2 years5.1 years6.9 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warppoem-web/poemsalvo-rs/salvo
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warppoem-web/poemsalvo-rs/salvo
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warppoem-web/poemsalvo-rs/salvo
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warppoem-web/poemsalvo-rs/salvo
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these rust web frameworks has the most GitHub stars?

tokio-rs/axum is the most-starred of the rust web frameworks gitdebt compares, with 27,129 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2021.

Which of these rust web frameworks is growing the fastest?

tokio-rs/axum added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 46 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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