actix-web
v4.13.0 StableActix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 37d ago)
- ✓Stable API (4.x for 8+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (19.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (56 direct deps)
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Deep Insights
3.5M downloads in the last 30 days (118.3K/day), up 12% from the previous period.
19.1K crates depend on actix-web — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 81 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 155 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
56 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include serde_qs, actix-http, actix-web-codegen, sentry, rust-embed. When high-quality crates choose actix-web, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["macros", "compress-brotli", "compress-gzip", "compress-zstd", "cookies", "http2", "unicode", "compat", "ws"]
