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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 Nov 2026

Rust web frameworks — star history
28k STARS9 YR 11 MOtokio-rs/axum28krwf2/rocket26kactix/actix-web25kseanmonstar/warp10ksalvo-rs/salvo4.5kpoem-web/poem4.5k

tokio-rs/axum: 27,817 stars on November 13, 2026. rwf2/rocket: 25,798 stars on November 13, 2026. actix/actix-web: 24,954 stars on November 13, 2026. seanmonstar/warp: 10,386 stars on November 10, 2026. salvo-rs/salvo: 4,467 stars on November 12, 2026. poem-web/poem: 4,464 stars on November 11, 2026.

Star history for tokio-rs/axum
DateStars
July 30, 2021139
August 23, 20211405
September 16, 20211694
October 10, 20211875
November 3, 20212176
November 28, 20212403
December 22, 20212618
January 15, 20222846
February 8, 20223216
March 4, 20223550
April 2, 20223864
April 27, 20224224
May 21, 20224471
June 14, 20224710
July 8, 20224949
August 2, 20225227
August 26, 20225506
September 19, 20225801
October 13, 20226123
November 6, 20226472
December 1, 20227007
December 25, 20227311
January 18, 20237710
February 11, 20238032
March 7, 20238451
April 1, 20238943
April 25, 20239388
May 19, 20239741
June 12, 202310050
July 6, 202310402
August 5, 202310921
August 29, 202311349
September 22, 202311734
October 16, 202312122
November 9, 202312486
December 4, 202313012
December 28, 202313441
January 21, 202413897
February 14, 202414309
March 9, 202414694
April 3, 202415142
April 27, 202415528
May 21, 202415999
June 14, 202416346
July 8, 202416671
August 2, 202417019
August 26, 202417363
September 19, 202417745
October 13, 202418092
November 7, 202418456
December 6, 202418866
December 30, 202419206
January 23, 202519568
February 16, 202519861
March 12, 202520174
April 6, 202520536
April 30, 202520839
May 24, 202521136
June 17, 202521450
July 11, 202521753
August 5, 202522107
August 29, 202522444
September 22, 202522733
October 16, 202523005
November 10, 202523335
December 4, 202523618
December 28, 202523941
January 21, 202624301
February 14, 202624609
March 11, 202624931
April 9, 202625282
May 3, 202625554
May 27, 202625837
June 20, 202626100
July 14, 202626346
August 8, 202626673
September 1, 202626901
September 25, 202627174
October 19, 202627489
November 13, 202627817
Star history for rwf2/rocket
DateStars
December 23, 2016405
February 5, 20171258
March 21, 20171570
May 4, 20171774
June 19, 20171979
August 4, 20172228
September 18, 20172428
November 1, 20172642
December 15, 20172876
January 28, 20183194
March 22, 20183564
May 5, 20183877
June 19, 20184108
August 2, 20184378
September 15, 20184604
October 29, 20184894
December 12, 20185336
January 25, 20195643
March 11, 20195928
April 24, 20196241
June 7, 20196540
July 21, 20196824
September 3, 20197144
October 18, 20197397
December 1, 20197673
January 14, 20207960
February 27, 20208276
April 11, 20208612
May 26, 20209012
July 9, 20209451
August 31, 202010436
October 14, 202010739
November 27, 202011020
January 10, 202111353
February 23, 202111738
April 9, 202112096
May 23, 202112501
July 6, 202113060
August 19, 202113440
October 2, 202113888
November 16, 202114271
December 30, 202114775
February 12, 202215168
March 28, 202215748
May 11, 202216154
June 25, 202216557
August 8, 202216956
September 21, 202217343
November 4, 202217784
December 18, 202218197
February 9, 202318695
March 25, 202319148
May 9, 202319575
June 23, 202319895
August 6, 202320162
September 19, 202320521
November 2, 202320814
December 17, 202321422
January 30, 202421852
March 14, 202422231
April 27, 202422546
June 10, 202422850
July 25, 202423127
September 9, 202423429
October 23, 202423712
December 6, 202423974
January 19, 202524190
March 6, 202524358
April 23, 202524521
June 8, 202524680
August 1, 202524861
September 18, 202524982
November 5, 202525114
December 20, 202525228
February 4, 202625363
March 28, 202625454
May 20, 202625538
July 14, 202625628
September 15, 202625708
November 13, 202625798
Star history for actix/actix-web
DateStars
October 7, 20172
January 1, 201881
February 18, 2018232
March 31, 2018612
May 11, 2018924
June 21, 20181428
August 1, 20181829
September 11, 20182106
October 23, 20182309
December 4, 20182521
January 23, 20192738
March 4, 20192978
April 14, 20193201
May 25, 20193578
July 5, 20194173
August 15, 20194555
September 24, 20194829
November 4, 20195061
December 15, 20195367
January 25, 20206278
March 5, 20206796
April 15, 20207133
May 26, 20207522
July 6, 20207903
August 16, 20208231
September 25, 20208606
November 5, 20208879
December 16, 20209182
January 26, 20219546
March 8, 20219909
April 26, 202110273
June 5, 202110584
July 16, 202110838
August 26, 202111104
October 6, 202111379
November 15, 202111623
December 26, 202111917
February 5, 202212256
March 18, 202212733
April 28, 202213088
June 7, 202213394
July 18, 202213740
August 28, 202214100
October 8, 202214501
November 18, 202214924
December 28, 202215301
February 7, 202315685
March 20, 202316080
April 30, 202316483
June 10, 202316848
July 28, 202317275
September 7, 202317615
October 18, 202317939
November 29, 202318298
January 9, 202418611
February 18, 202418942
March 30, 202419321
May 10, 202419618
June 20, 202419932
July 31, 202420236
September 9, 202420603
October 20, 202420959
November 30, 202421257
January 10, 202521599
February 20, 202521905
April 1, 202522165
May 12, 202522393
June 22, 202522661
August 2, 202522907
September 11, 202523152
October 30, 202523465
December 11, 202523684
January 21, 202623913
March 3, 202624128
April 13, 202624292
May 23, 202624443
July 7, 202624577
August 18, 202624695
October 3, 202624808
November 13, 202624954
Star history for seanmonstar/warp
DateStars
July 11, 20183
September 3, 2018474
October 13, 2018562
December 3, 2018618
January 18, 2019680
February 27, 2019752
April 13, 2019821
May 28, 2019881
July 25, 2019964
September 9, 20191029
November 6, 20191117
December 15, 20191195
January 21, 20201426
February 23, 20201667
March 27, 20201839
April 29, 20202013
June 2, 20202217
July 6, 20202502
August 7, 20202809
September 9, 20202959
October 12, 20203101
November 14, 20203234
December 17, 20203394
January 19, 20213730
February 21, 20213950
March 29, 20214129
May 2, 20214283
June 4, 20214468
July 6, 20214653
August 8, 20214796
September 18, 20214969
October 22, 20215086
November 25, 20215241
December 28, 20215366
January 30, 20225500
March 3, 20225641
April 7, 20225807
May 10, 20226027
June 12, 20226168
July 15, 20226329
August 18, 20226476
September 20, 20226654
October 24, 20226833
November 27, 20226995
December 30, 20227135
February 2, 20237267
March 8, 20237427
April 10, 20237564
May 13, 20237688
June 16, 20237809
July 27, 20237951
August 30, 20238076
October 1, 20238168
November 4, 20238280
December 8, 20238405
January 10, 20248506
February 14, 20248611
March 20, 20248731
April 24, 20248847
May 27, 20248922
July 1, 20249040
August 8, 20249132
September 12, 20249222
October 19, 20249292
November 30, 20249366
January 9, 20259444
February 19, 20259516
March 29, 20259589
May 8, 20259662
June 18, 20259727
August 8, 20259825
September 11, 20259912
October 23, 20259973
December 3, 202510033
January 20, 202610095
March 6, 202610153
May 1, 202610243
June 19, 202610293
August 31, 202610343
November 10, 202610386
Star history for salvo-rs/salvo
DateStars
February 16, 20201
March 30, 202159
April 21, 2021165
June 8, 2021194
September 5, 2021230
October 31, 2021282
November 30, 2021338
February 1, 2022360
April 22, 2022399
May 19, 2022435
June 18, 2022508
July 17, 2022556
August 7, 2022660
August 30, 2022711
September 23, 2022757
October 16, 2022831
November 10, 2022888
December 1, 2022970
December 21, 20221057
January 11, 20231103
February 1, 20231171
February 24, 20231212
March 16, 20231266
April 15, 20231308
May 10, 20231351
June 1, 20231412
June 20, 20231491
July 9, 20231558
July 29, 20231609
August 17, 20231687
September 11, 20231767
September 30, 20231839
October 20, 20231884
November 12, 20231932
December 4, 20232069
December 24, 20232263
January 12, 20242353
February 1, 20242407
February 24, 20242444
March 14, 20242503
April 5, 20242546
April 25, 20242585
May 20, 20242633
June 11, 20242697
July 3, 20242753
July 22, 20242826
August 10, 20242876
August 30, 20242973
September 20, 20243121
October 9, 20243187
November 3, 20243257
November 27, 20243304
December 19, 20243349
January 7, 20253393
January 28, 20253442
February 25, 20253475
March 18, 20253499
April 11, 20253537
May 8, 20253572
May 30, 20253614
June 21, 20253649
July 16, 20253676
August 8, 20253715
August 31, 20253752
September 24, 20253789
October 16, 20253821
November 10, 20253849
December 9, 20253885
January 1, 20263988
January 22, 20264073
February 16, 20264163
March 12, 20264204
April 2, 20264235
April 27, 20264285
May 27, 20264318
June 30, 20264348
July 25, 20264376
August 28, 20264407
October 11, 20264434
November 12, 20264467
Star history for poem-web/poem
DateStars
August 12, 202118
September 1, 2021348
September 24, 2021408
October 14, 2021518
November 5, 2021593
November 23, 2021670
December 14, 2021746
January 2, 2022819
January 21, 2022943
February 9, 20221034
March 6, 20221136
March 29, 20221185
April 21, 20221258
May 12, 20221316
June 2, 20221370
June 24, 20221405
July 13, 20221515
August 1, 20221632
August 21, 20221683
September 13, 20221828
October 5, 20221878
October 28, 20221924
November 20, 20221962
December 10, 20222006
December 30, 20222044
January 25, 20232095
February 15, 20232134
March 9, 20232176
March 30, 20232216
April 23, 20232251
May 24, 20232300
June 17, 20232331
July 11, 20232382
July 31, 20232523
August 20, 20232571
September 9, 20232648
September 30, 20232690
October 29, 20232729
November 18, 20232767
December 12, 20232806
January 1, 20242848
January 23, 20242899
February 11, 20242940
March 3, 20242988
March 25, 20243037
April 16, 20243085
May 8, 20243129
June 1, 20243159
June 23, 20243226
July 14, 20243260
August 9, 20243306
September 3, 20243350
September 24, 20243403
October 15, 20243472
November 8, 20243533
December 5, 20243571
December 28, 20243607
January 20, 20253649
February 13, 20253679
March 6, 20253718
March 25, 20253793
April 19, 20253841
May 11, 20253873
June 2, 20253921
June 23, 20253973
July 18, 20254026
August 9, 20254063
September 1, 20254106
September 27, 20254145
October 22, 20254177
November 19, 20254220
December 16, 20254250
January 14, 20264280
February 9, 20264310
March 24, 20264343
April 26, 20264366
June 10, 20264389
July 29, 20264413
September 30, 20264436
November 11, 20264464

How each series was read

  • tokio-rs/axum

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • rwf2/rocket

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • actix/actix-web

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • seanmonstar/warp

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • salvo-rs/salvo

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • poem-web/poem

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

Rust web frameworks ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1tokio-rs/axum27,818~1.1k2021debt charts
2rwf2/rocket25,799~1362016debt charts
3actix/actix-web24,954~2852017debt charts
4seanmonstar/warp10,386~642018debt charts
5salvo-rs/salvo4,467~802020debt charts
6poem-web/poem4,465~462021debt 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/warpsalvo-rs/salvopoem-web/poem
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 27,81825,79924,95410,3864,4674,465
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,091+136+285+64+80+46
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.5.5 years11 years9.1 years8.3 years7.0 years5.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warpsalvo-rs/salvopoem-web/poem
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warpsalvo-rs/salvopoem-web/poem
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warpsalvo-rs/salvopoem-web/poem
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signaltokio-rs/axumrwf2/rocketactix/actix-webseanmonstar/warpsalvo-rs/salvopoem-web/poem
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

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 27,818 GitHub stars as of Nov 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 1,091 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 from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — 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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