axum
v0.8.9 GrowingHTTP routing and request handling library that focuses on ergonomics and modularity
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (80.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (49 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
33.1M downloads in the last 30 days (1.1M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
80.5K crates depend on axum — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 4+ years old, axum hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
49 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include tonic, serde_qs, tokio-metrics, rust-embed, axum-extra. When high-quality crates choose axum, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["form", "http1", "json", "matched-path", "original-uri", "query", "tokio", "tower-log", "tracing"]
