# Seed

Rust front-end framework for building web apps compiled to WebAssembly, with an Elm-like architecture.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/seed-rs/seed
- docs: https://docs.rs/seed
- discord: https://discord.gg/JHHcHp5

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: David O'Connor
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: Rust macros (the div! macro)
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: cargo generate from the seed-quickstart template, then trunk serve

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-03-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3832
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 50
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seed-rs/seed/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/seed/versions (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/seed-rs/seed/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Seed is a Rust framework for front-end web apps that run in the browser as WebAssembly, with an Elm-like architecture. Its templating system is written in Rust, using macros such as div!, so the markup is Rust code rather than a template language.

The README starts apps from a quickstart template and runs them with trunk serve. The [API documentation](https://docs.rs/seed) is on docs.rs, which the README names as the place to read because the project's own guides are no longer reachable.

## Worth knowing

The README says Seed is not maintained at the moment. Its own website domain now redirects to an unrelated site, and the README says server-side rendering is not available yet.

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