# garde

Validation library for Rust that checks struct fields and enum variants against rules declared with a derive macro.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/garde/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/jprochazk/garde
- docs: https://docs.rs/garde/latest/garde/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jan Procházka
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: binary
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
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### Content

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- i18n: yes, error messages can be customized by implementing an I18n trait

### Rendering and deploy

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- installMethod: cargo

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-23

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- githubStargazers: 907
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- contributors: 22
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- dependentRepos: 6
- dependentPackages: 10

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- i18n: https://github.com/jprochazk/garde/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://docs.rs/garde/latest/garde/ (read 2026-11-08)
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## Notes

garde is a validation library for Rust. A struct or enum takes the Validate derive, and each field carries garde attributes that name its rules, such as length, range, email or a custom function. Calling validate on a value reports the failed rules with their field paths. Error messages can be customized by implementing an I18n trait. The README names integration crates for the axum and actix-web web frameworks.

The README says garde is heavily inspired by the validator crate and is essentially a full rewrite of it.

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