# Cot

Rust web framework for building web applications, with an ORM, forms, an admin panel, templates and a command line tool.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cot/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cot.rs
- repository: https://github.com/cot-rs/cot
- docs: https://cot.rs/guide/
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cot.rs
- discord: https://discord.cot.rs/
- forum: https://github.com/cot-rs/cot/discussions/categories/q-a

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cot contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite, postgres, mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: askama
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: cargo install of cot-cli, then cot new

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1087
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 28
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cot.rs/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://cot.rs/guide/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://cot.rs/ (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://cot.rs/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://cot.rs/guide/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://cot.rs/guide/ (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://cot.rs/guide/latest/framework-comparison/ (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://cot.rs/guide/latest/databases/overview/ (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://cot.rs/guide/latest/databases/overview/ (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://cot.rs/guide/latest/templates/ (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://cot.rs/guide/latest/admin-panel/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://cot.rs/licenses/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://cot.rs/licenses/ (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cot-rs/cot/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Cot is a web framework for Rust that brings an ORM, form handling, an admin panel and templating into one project. It is built on top of Axum, and the project describes its approach as inspired by Django. A new project starts from the `cot` command line tool, which Cargo installs from the cot-cli package.

Content lives in a database: the ORM works with SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL. Templates use Askama, and the admin panel is an automatic interface for managing the models.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0