// 107 open-source projects indexed

$ Discover the best projects built with Actix Web

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Community showcase and examples of Actix Web ecosystem usage. Maintained by actix on GitHub, where it has earned 3,968 stars from the community.

All-in-one platform for search, recommendations, RAG, and analytics offered via API. Maintained by devflowinc on GitHub, where it has earned 2,710 stars from the community.

@devflowinc8mo ago

A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX | Backend component. Maintained by mCaptcha on GitHub, where it has earned 2,478 stars from the community.

@mCaptcha12mo ago

A web application completely written in Rust.. Maintained by saschagrunert on GitHub, where it has earned 2,248 stars from the community.

@saschagrunert5d ago

media streaming framework and teleconferencing system written in rust. Maintained by security-union on GitHub, where it has earned 1,796 stars from the community.

@security-union1w ago

The fastest Python web framework, built on Django. Rust (Actix Web) HTTP server + async typed handlers + msgspec, with the full Django ORM, Admin, middleware and auth. 300k+ req/s, no gunicorn/uvicorn. Maintained by dj-bolt on GitHub, where it has earned 1,713 stars from the community.

Rust projects here are easy to use. There are blog posts for them also. Maintained by steadylearner on GitHub, where it has earned 1,580 stars from the community.

@steadylearner3y ago

An open source alternative to searx which provides a modern-looking, lightning-fast, privacy respecting, secure meta search engine. Maintained by neon-mmd on GitHub, where it has earned 1,209 stars from the community.

@neon-mmd4w ago

A simple, blazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features; written in Rust. Maintained by SinTan1729 on GitHub, where it has earned 980 stars from the community.

@SinTan17291w ago

A collection of additional crates supporting the actix and actix-web frameworks. Maintained by actix on GitHub, where it has earned 888 stars from the community.

A Rust server with GraphQL API, Diesel, PostgreSQL, session authentication and JWT. Maintained by canduma on GitHub, where it has earned 820 stars from the community.

Debug your AI agents. Maintained by vllora on GitHub, where it has earned 813 stars from the community.

A OAuth2 server library, for use in combination with actix or other frontends, featuring a set of configurable and pluggable backends. Maintained by 197g on GitHub, where it has earned 781 stars from the community.

A simple CRUD backend app using Actix-web, Diesel and JWT. Maintained by SakaDream on GitHub, where it has earned 565 stars from the community.

@SakaDream1y ago

[UNMAINTAINED] Implementation of the RealWorld backend API spec in Actix, Rust's powerful actor system and most fun web framework. Maintained by fairingrey on GitHub, where it has earned 533 stars from the community.

@fairingrey3y ago

，. Maintained by Mystic-Stars on GitHub, where it has earned 431 stars from the community.

@Mystic-Stars4w ago

A work in progress to build out solutions in Rust for MLOPs. Maintained by nogibjj on GitHub, where it has earned 382 stars from the community.

Server side rendering on rust servers using the v8 engine for parse and evaluate the JavaScript code. Maintained by Valerioageno on GitHub, where it has earned 251 stars from the community.

@Valerioageno1y ago

Authorization extension for popular web-frameworks to protect your endpoints. Maintained by DDtKey on GitHub, where it has earned 232 stars from the community.

Actix-web wrapper for automatic OpenAPI 3.0 documentation generation. Maintained by netwo-io on GitHub, where it has earned 216 stars from the community.

@netwo-io2w ago

Server management platform for the Wolf software suite. Maintained by intelligentwolf on GitHub, where it has earned 216 stars from the community.

@intelligentwolf3d ago

TUS protocol implementation in Rust. Maintained by s3rius on GitHub, where it has earned 213 stars from the community.

The Actix Web website. Maintained by actix on GitHub, where it has earned 210 stars from the community.

GraphQL Rust Demo. Maintained by rkudryashov on GitHub, where it has earned 192 stars from the community.

@rkudryashov2y ago

The official community-maintained Clerk SDK for Rust. Maintained by DarrenBaldwin07 on GitHub, where it has earned 180 stars from the community.

@DarrenBaldwin071w ago

Production-grade RAG API built in Rust. Hybrid search with HNSW dense vectors and BM25 sparse matching, cross-encoder reranking, layout-aware document extraction via Docling, and 94.5% accuracy on Open RAG Bench. Powered by Cerebras, Groq, Milvus, and Jina AI. Maintained by RustyRAG on GitHub, where it has earned 178 stars from the community.

@RustyRAG5mo ago

A simple, network enabled karaoke player in Rust. Maintained by tarkah on GitHub, where it has earned 167 stars from the community.

A multi-functional lightweight BitTorrent Tracker. Maintained by Power2All on GitHub, where it has earned 147 stars from the community.

@Power2All2w ago

A user crud written in Rust, designed to connect to a MySQL database with full integration test coverage. Maintained by jamesjmeyer210 on GitHub, where it has earned 130 stars from the community.

@jamesjmeyer2102y ago

A middleware for actix-web that provides rate-limiting backed by governor. Maintained by AaronErhardt on GitHub, where it has earned 129 stars from the community.

@AaronErhardt6mo ago

Experimental extractors, middleware, and other extras for possible inclusion in Actix Web. Maintained by robjtede on GitHub, where it has earned 126 stars from the community.

@robjtede7h ago

A hello world benchmark for the available Rust Web Frameworks: hyper vs gotham vs actix-web vs warp vs rocket. Maintained by rousan on GitHub, where it has earned 112 stars from the community.

Rust library for providing validation mechanism to actix-web with Validator crate. Maintained by rambler-digital-solutions on GitHub, where it has earned 111 stars from the community.

@rambler-digital-solutions6mo ago

Actix-web middleware to expose Prometheus metrics. Maintained by nlopes on GitHub, where it has earned 110 stars from the community.

RealWorld with Rust + ActixWeb + Diesel on Clean Architecture. Maintained by snamiki1212 on GitHub, where it has earned 104 stars from the community.

@snamiki12122y ago

A high-performance AI Gateway written in Rust — call 100+ LLM APIs using OpenAI format. Maintained by majiayu000 on GitHub, where it has earned 104 stars from the community.

@majiayu0008w ago

Linux server monitoring via SSH. Maintained by aheart on GitHub, where it has earned 97 stars from the community.

Scratch-Containerised Rust GraphQL-API using Dataloaders. Maintained by jayy-lmao on GitHub, where it has earned 94 stars from the community.

@jayy-lmao4y ago

A jwt template project of actix-web and sqlx. Maintained by biluohc on GitHub, where it has earned 88 stars from the community.

Rust Implementation of ZeroNet Protocol. Maintained by ZeroNetX on GitHub, where it has earned 83 stars from the community.

@ZeroNetX1y ago

nako-blog actix-web, sea-orm tera rust. Maintained by deatil on GitHub, where it has earned 82 stars from the community.

Gitlab CI Dashboard will provide you a global overview of all pipelines, schedules and their status within a single group. Maintained by larscom on GitHub, where it has earned 82 stars from the community.

A struct-based, JSX-style Web UI library for Rust. Maintained by ohkami-rs on GitHub, where it has earned 81 stars from the community.

@ohkami-rs8mo ago

OpenTelemetry integration for Actix Web. Maintained by OutThereLabs on GitHub, where it has earned 81 stars from the community.

@OutThereLabs1y ago

A static, JSless, touch-friendly Lemmy frontend built for legacy web clients and maximum performance. Maintained by IronOxidizer on GitHub, where it has earned 79 stars from the community.

@IronOxidizer3y ago

Newbee Mall Backend API - Rust Language Version. - rust [WIP]. Maintained by johnmai-dev on GitHub, where it has earned 76 stars from the community.

@johnmai-dev2y ago

rust bible notes. Maintained by daheige on GitHub, where it has earned 69 stars from the community.

@daheige3mo ago

A reference on structuring a Rust project for testability. Maintained by eckyputrady on GitHub, where it has earned 67 stars from the community.

@eckyputrady4y ago

Modern pastebin written in Actix. Maintained by haaarshsingh on GitHub, where it has earned 65 stars from the community.

@haaarshsingh2mo ago

Use IPFS as a git-lfs endpoint. Maintained by sameer on GitHub, where it has earned 65 stars from the community.

Blocksense Network's Monorepo. Maintained by blocksense-network on GitHub, where it has earned 63 stars from the community.

@blocksense-network3mo ago

Valitron is a rust validation, support ergonomics, functional and configurable. Maintained by tu6ge on GitHub, where it has earned 61 stars from the community.

Casbin Actix-web access control middleware. Maintained by apache on GitHub, where it has earned 58 stars from the community.

In this article, I'll walk you through the process of building a backend API using the Actix web framework, SQLX, PostgreSQL, and Docker. Maintained by wpcodevo on GitHub, where it has earned 54 stars from the community.

@wpcodevo2y ago

In this article, you'll learn how to build a CRUD API in Rust using SQLX, Actix-web, and PostgreSQL. Learning how to build a CRUD API as a developer will equip you with valuable skills for building robust, maintainable, and scalable applications. Maintained by wpcodevo on GitHub, where it has earned 54 stars from the community.

@wpcodevo3y ago

a lightweight blog engine written in Rust. Maintained by Kilerd on GitHub, where it has earned 52 stars from the community.

In this article, you will learn how to build a Rust API with unit testing in mind. This means we will take a modular approach, which will make our lives easier when writing unit tests. Maintained by wpcodevo on GitHub, where it has earned 52 stars from the community.

@wpcodevo2y ago

Develop a CMS using Rust for a personal blog or company website. Maintained by TianLangStudio on GitHub, where it has earned 51 stars from the community.

@TianLangStudio5mo ago

A clone of Hacker News built with Prism, Rust and Actix-web. Maintained by kaleidawave on GitHub, where it has earned 51 stars from the community.

@kaleidawave5y ago

An example of using TensorFlow rust bindings to serve trained machine learning models via Actix Web. Maintained by kykosic on GitHub, where it has earned 50 stars from the community.

What is Actix Web?

Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic Rust framework for fast and reliable HTTP services. This gallery lists 107 open-source projects built with Actix Web, most of them in DevTools, APIs and Authentication, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.

How projects are selected

Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:actix-web” and at least 20 stars. Each repository is checked against Actix Web’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.

Actix Web projects: FAQ

How many open-source Actix Web projects are listed?: 107 open-source projects built with Actix Web are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
What is the most-starred Actix Web project on GitHub?: examples by actix leads with 3,968 GitHub stars (4k), followed by trieve with 2,710.
What kinds of projects are built with Actix Web?: The largest category is DevTools, with 56 projects (52% of the gallery), followed by APIs with 16. Projects span 11 categories in total.
Which license do most Actix Web projects use?: MIT is the most common license, used by 44 of 107 projects (41%); Apache-2.0 is next with 16. 33 projects declare no recognized license.

Video archive

Actix Web talks, tutorials & deep-dives

Build Blazing Fast Backends with Rust & Actix Web

Build Blazing Fast Backends with Rust & Actix Web

FFlo Woelki · 41K views · Mar 16, 2024

Full Stack Rust Webapp + Docker Image Build

Full Stack Rust Webapp + Docker Image Build

CCode to the Moon · 56K views · Apr 14, 2022

Learning Rust: Web Server with Actix Web

Learning Rust: Web Server with Actix Web

DDevOnDuty · 13K views · Feb 21, 2021