Axum
Rust HTTP routing and request-handling library focused on ergonomics and modularity.
Axum is an HTTP routing and request-handling library for Rust, maintained by the axum Contributors. It is a thin layer on top of hyper, and the README’s example is a Rust program that starts its own server and listens on a port.
Worth knowing
The main branch of the repository is working toward the next release with breaking changes, and the README points to the 0.8.x branch for the version released to crates.io.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-24: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/tokio-rs/axum - 2026-10-24: links, Categories, Runtime, Runs as
github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/axum/README.md - 2026-10-24: Maintainer, License, License model
github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-24: First release, Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/tokio-rs/axum/releases - 2026-10-24: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/tokio-rs/axum/contributors - 2026-10-24: Install with
github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/axum/src/lib.rs - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/crates.io/packages/axum