poem-web/poem

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

4434 stars · 357 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Poem is a full-featured, easy-to-use web framework for Rust built on async/await, with crates for OpenAPI, gRPC, AWS Lambda, and MCP servers. It provides routing, middleware, and type-safe handlers for building HTTP APIs and services.

Use cases

• build a REST API in Rust
• serve HTTP endpoints with routing and middleware
• generate OpenAPI documentation from Rust code
• deploy a Rust web service to AWS Lambda
• implement a gRPC server in Rust
• build an MCP server for LLM tool integration

When to choose

• you want a batteries-included Rust web framework with OpenAPI support
• you need gRPC, Lambda, or MCP server support alongside HTTP
• you prefer an ergonomic, easy-to-learn framework over maximal performance tuning

When to avoid

• you need the largest ecosystem and community, where Actix Web or Axum dominate
• you want a minimal micro-framework with no built-in OpenAPI or gRPC layers
• your project is not in Rust

Facets

framework · maturity active

web-framework http-server routing middleware graphql rpc mcp api-framework web-development backend apis developer-tools rust cross-platform serverless openapi grpc aws-lambda tokio async rest-api web-server

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