# Actix vs Fiber

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Fiber

| Attribute | Actix | Fiber |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.6 (67% (medium)) | 65.7 (67% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 33 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 6,843 | 5,223 |
| adoption.github_stars | 24,801 | 40,088 |
| deployment.options | - | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Actix Web is a Rust web framework emphasizing speed and type safety in HTTP request handling. It uses an actor-based concurrency model where independent components communicate through strongly-typed messages, with built-in support for HTTP/2, flexible response types, and powerful request extraction. | An open-source Go framework built on the Fasthttp HTTP engine, providing familiar Express-like routing and middleware patterns for building web APIs and servers with minimal overhead. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"Rust","api_routes":true}` | `{"language":"Go","api_routes":true,"file_routing":false,"server_components":true}` |
| language.primary | Rust | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://gofiber.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:40:15.243Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | - | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 26 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/multipart-v0.8.1","date":"2026-08-23T22:21:39Z","type":"stable","version":"multipart-v0.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.15.0","date":"2026-08-21T19:31:07Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/files-v0.7.0","date":"2026-08-19T23:13:38Z","type":"stable","version":"files-v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.14.1","date":"2026-08-09T00:54:05Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.13.3","date":"2026-08-09T00:53:58Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.13.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.13.2","date":"2026-08-07T19:20:02Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.13.1","date":"2026-06-22T11:36:28Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.14.0","date":"2026-06-21T06:47:41Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/multipart-v0.8.0","date":"2026-06-21T05:21:29Z","type":"stable","version":"multipart-v0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/multipart-derive-v0.8.0","date":"2026-06-21T05:20:32Z","type":"stable","version":"multipart-derive-v0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.13.0","date":"2026-06-21T06:15:52Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.12.1","date":"2026-04-18T02:43:38Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.13.0","date":"2026-02-18T10:52:00Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/router-v0.5.4","date":"2026-02-18T10:05:32Z","type":"stable","version":"router-v0.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/http-v3.12.0","date":"2026-02-18T10:11:57Z","type":"stable","version":"http-v3.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/awc-v3.8.2","date":"2026-02-18T11:10:50Z","type":"stable","version":"awc-v3.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/files-v0.6.10","date":"2026-02-06T12:19:00Z","type":"stable","version":"files-v0.6.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.12.1","date":"2025-11-26T16:42:59Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/files-v0.6.9","date":"2025-11-26T16:42:57Z","type":"stable","version":"files-v0.6.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/actix/actix-web/releases/tag/web-v4.12.0","date":"2025-11-16T07:05:16Z","type":"stable","version":"web-v4.12.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.5.0","date":"2026-08-13T07:24:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.15","date":"2026-08-12T15:03:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.14","date":"2026-07-06T06:30:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.4.0","date":"2026-07-02T07:39:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2026-05-22T07:15:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.2.0","date":"2026-04-25T10:53:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.13","date":"2026-04-25T13:07:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2026-02-24T20:30:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.12","date":"2026-02-24T20:40:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2026-02-02T18:22:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.11","date":"2026-01-31T15:56:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc.3","date":"2025-11-19T15:42:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-rc.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.10","date":"2025-11-19T14:21:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc.2","date":"2025-09-29T11:15:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc.1","date":"2025-08-26T07:28:06Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.5","date":"2025-07-20T14:49:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-beta.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.9","date":"2025-07-20T13:43:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.8","date":"2025-05-22T07:01:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.4","date":"2024-12-31T17:00:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-beta.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releases/tag/v2.52.6","date":"2024-12-31T17:12:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.6"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7 | 7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":4,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=actix-web&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"count":10,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgofiber%2Ffiber%2Fv2&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Actix | Fiber |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | - | - |
| File-based routing | - | ✗ |
| Language | Rust | Go |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | - | ✓ |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | - | - |
| Fast refresh / HMR | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:35:51.101Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*