# loco-rs/loco

🚂 🦀 The one-person framework for Rust for side-projects and startups

Repository: https://github.com/loco-rs/loco
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/loco
Homepage: https://loco.rs
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: api, rust, rust-lang, axum
Last push: 2026-08-19T06:17:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 73
- inputs: {"age_days": 1030, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 17, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9101, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.383770+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, orm, auth, scheduling, email, cli, templating, middleware, routing
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: rust, cross-platform, cli
- tags: rails-inspired, axum, seaorm, batteries-included, scaffolding, background-jobs, generators, solo-developer

## Member repositories
- loco-rs/loco (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.383770+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 2026-08-29T17:23:58.998217+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/loco-rs/loco (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.383770+00:00, sha 00edf7dbf413)
  - homepage: https://loco.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:49.994384+00:00, sha 5032aac4f933)
  - site_page: https://loco.rs/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:50.003368+00:00, sha e417518d8077)
  - site_page: https://loco.rs/docs/tutorials/your-first-app (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:50.005610+00:00, sha 03e177997321)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/loco (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:50.008542+00:00, sha e89e0a282f01)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.