# Actix Web

Rust web framework for building HTTP servers and web applications, with routing, middleware, WebSocket support and an async runtime.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/actix-web/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://actix.rs
- repository: https://github.com/actix/actix-web
- docs: https://actix.rs/docs/getting-started
- discord: https://discord.gg/NWpN5mmg3x

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Actix Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: cargo (Cargo.toml dependency)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 24880
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 386
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 6843
- dependentPackages: 1049

### Sources

- urls: https://actix.rs (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://actix.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://docs.rs/crate/actix-web/latest/source/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://docs.rs/crate/actix-web/latest/source/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://actix.rs/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://docs.rs/crate/actix-web/latest/source/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://docs.rs/crate/actix-web/latest/source/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://actix.rs (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/actix-web/versions (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/actix-web (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/actix/actix-web/contributors (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://actix.rs/docs/server (read 2026-10-24)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/crates.io/packages/actix-web (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/crates.io/packages/actix-web (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Actix Web is a web framework for Rust. A project adds it as a Cargo dependency, registers handlers on an App, and an HttpServer serves that App. The result is a native executable that runs until it receives a shutdown signal, either behind another HTTP server such as nginx or on its own.

The repository holds several crates, and actix-web is one of them. The Actix Team maintains it, and its community page points to a Discord server.

## Worth knowing

The getting-started guide and the README state different minimum Rust versions, and both are recorded on the record.

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