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Axum

HTTP routing and request-handling library for Rust that focuses on ergonomics and modularity

Axum is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 28k stars. It is built with Rust. Its last push was today.

Stars
28k
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
axum-v0.8.9

Code on GitHub

Judgement

What it is
Framework or platform
What it does
A Rust web framework from the Tokio team for routing and handling HTTP requests, built on Tower middleware.
Adopt it when
You build HTTP APIs in Rust and want close integration with the Tokio ecosystem.
Watch out
Still pre-1.0, so minor releases can break code.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
Rust, Tokio and Tower
How established
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release axum-v0.8.9.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Rust

Follow it down: Axum → Rust → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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