# actix/actix-web

Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust.

Repository: https://github.com/actix/actix-web
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/actix-web
Homepage: https://actix.rs
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, web, web-development, websockets, actix, actix-web, async
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:24:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3259, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 34}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 24801, forks 1879 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:37.651091+00:00)

## What it is
Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast asynchronous web framework for Rust. It provides type-safe routing, flexible responders, powerful request extractors, and features like HTTP/2, WebSockets, and logging out of the box.

## Use cases
- build a fast REST API in Rust
- serve HTTP endpoints with async handlers
- create a web service with type-safe routing
- handle WebSockets in a Rust backend
- build a high-throughput HTTP server
- write JSON APIs with request extractors

## When to choose
- you need maximum HTTP performance in Rust
- you want a mature, feature-rich async web framework
- you prefer type-safe request handling and extractors
- you need WebSockets, HTTP/2, and middleware support out of the box

## When to avoid
- your team is not comfortable with Rust's ownership model
- you need a batteries-included full-stack framework with built-in ORM and templating
- you want a minimal micro-framework with a smaller learning curve

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, http-server, routing, middleware, websocket
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: async, http2, type-safe, high-performance, extractors, web-server

## Member repositories
- actix/actix-web (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.651091+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:09.389225+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/actix/actix-web (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.651091+00:00, sha bbe6a453adc6)
  - homepage: https://actix.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:18.725718+00:00, sha fb7b3f820f1d)
  - site_page: https://actix.rs/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:18.734811+00:00, sha c19e05f5706e)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/actix-web (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:18.736585+00:00, sha 3f6b079320fa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.