loco-rs/loco

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9101 stars · 423 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Loco is a batteries-included web framework for Rust, strongly inspired by Ruby on Rails and built on Axum and SeaORM. It bundles models, controllers, background jobs, mailers, scheduling, storage, and a CLI generator so a single developer can take a project from idea to production.

Use cases

• build a REST API in Rust quickly
• scaffold a full-stack web app with database and auth
• run background jobs and scheduled tasks in Rust
• generate CRUD resources from the command line
• send transactional emails from a web app
• prototype a startup MVP without boilerplate

When to choose

• you know Rails and want a similar productive experience in Rust
• you're a solo developer or small team building a side project or startup
• you want auth, ORM, jobs, and mailers wired together out of the box
• you prefer convention over configuration with sensible defaults

When to avoid

• you need a minimal, unopinionated stack and want to assemble your own components
• your project is a pure microservice where a full framework is overkill
• you need an ecosystem as mature as Rails or Django's
• you're building a frontend-heavy SPA with no backend needs

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework orm auth scheduling email cli templating middleware routing web-development backend developer-tools apis rust cross-platform cli rails-inspired axum seaorm batteries-included scaffolding background-jobs generators solo-developer

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