cot-rs/cot

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1063 stars · 57 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cot is a batteries-included Rust web framework inspired by Django, built on top of axum. It ships with its own ORM with automatic migrations, a generated admin panel, self-validating forms, and secure-by-default settings.

Use cases

• build a CRUD web app in Rust quickly
• generate an admin panel for database models
• define type-safe ORM queries with automatic migrations
• create JSON APIs with OpenAPI docs
• build secure web backends with sensible defaults
• handle validated HTML forms from Rust structs

When to choose

• you want a Django-like full-stack experience in Rust
• you need an ORM, admin panel, and forms out of the box
• you value type safety and secure defaults over minimalism
• you're doing rapid prototyping of database-backed web apps

When to avoid

• you need a minimal, micro-framework approach like axum or actix directly
• you need a mature ecosystem with a long track record
• you want to pick your own ORM or admin tooling
• you're building a non-CRUD, highly customized architecture

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework orm templating form-handling auth routing api-framework web-development backend developer-tools rust cross-platform django-inspired batteries-included admin-panel axum type-safe rapid-development web-server

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