Actix

A fast and practical web framework for building Rust applications

Also known as
actix

What is Actix?

A high-performance web framework for Rust that supports streaming responses, request routing, HTTP client capabilities, and integrations with popular databases and ORMs.

Independently observed

Actix pricing

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What Actix does

The capabilities that matter for web frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Rendering model
-
File-based routing
-
Language
Rust
Rendering
Server components
-
Streaming SSR
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
DX
First-class TypeScript
-
Fast refresh / HMR
-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
-
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Platform & deployment

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Platforms
  • Web

Integrations (4)

Independently observed
  • MongoDB
  • Diesel
  • SQLite
  • Postgres

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 4 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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Balanced composite 60 / 100
high · 79%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Release cadence990.076.7
Development activity510.126.1
Dependent projects640.085.1
Capabilities460.083.8
Security score710.053.8
Stars830.032.7
Integrations200.051.1
Security posture00.090.0-
Package downloads00.170.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.080.0-

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Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d40mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars24,821highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%
Dependent repos6,843highsource · 2026-09-10 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesLanguage: Rust · Api routes: Yes · Streaming ssr: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count4mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRusthighsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days1mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard7.1highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=actix-web&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICALhighsource · 2026-09-10 · 90%
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