# rwf2/Rocket

A web framework for Rust.

Repository: https://github.com/rwf2/Rocket
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rocket
Homepage: https://rocket.rs
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: rocket, web, framework, web-framework, web-development, rust
Last push: 2025-12-28T18:27:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 59, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3820, "days_push": 248, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 25782, forks 1635 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:38.649746+00:00)

## What it is
Rocket is an async web framework for Rust focused on usability, security, extensibility, and speed. It provides macro-based routing, compile-time route checking, typed request handling, and optional features like TLS, secrets, and JSON support.

## Use cases
- build a web application in rust
- write a type-safe rest api in rust
- serve http endpoints with rust
- handle web forms and file uploads in rust
- create a secure web server with tls in rust
- build a json api backend in rust

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included, type-safe Rust web framework with minimal boilerplate
- compile-time route and request validation matters for security and correctness
- you want built-in form handling, testing utilities, and optional TLS/secrets features
- you prefer declarative macro-based routing over manual handler wiring

## When to avoid
- you need a minimal micro-framework with tiny compile times
- your team is not comfortable with Rust's type system and macros
- you need a framework with built-in ORM or sessions rather than external crates
- you are building in a non-Rust language or need multi-language support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, http-server, routing, middleware, templating, form-handling, serialization, testing
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: rust, cross-platform
- tags: type-safe, async, rust-web, macro-based-routing, tls, http2, web-server

## Member repositories
- rwf2/Rocket (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:38.649746+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 2026-08-29T16:55:58.886864+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rwf2/Rocket (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:38.649746+00:00, sha 910d09efd832)
  - homepage: https://rocket.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:35.510338+00:00, sha ca43144ab149)
  - site_page: https://rocket.rs/guide/v0.5/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:35.520260+00:00, sha db2707014c0a)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rocket (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:35.525756+00:00, sha 2bf6f9e9116b)
  - site_page: https://api.rocket.rs/v0.5/rocket (fetched 2026-08-29T07:52:35.523190+00:00, sha 163dbb9d18e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.