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  <div class="github-fork-ribbon">
    <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/arewewebyet">Contribute on GitHub</a>
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  <h1>Are we <em>web</em> yet?</h1>

  <p class="tagline"><strong>Yes! And it's freaking fast!</strong></p>
  
  <p>
    Rust has mature and production ready frameworks in <a href="/topics/frameworks/#pkg-actix-web">Actix Web</a> and
    <a href="/topics/frameworks/#pkg-axum">Axum</a>, and innovative ones like <a href="/topics/frameworks/#pkg-warp">Warp</a>
    and <a href="/topics/frameworks/#pkg-tide">Tide</a>. These provide everything you’d expect from a web framework, from routing
    and middleware, to templating, and JSON/form handling. There are crates for everything, and more! For databases, there’s:</p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/database/#pkg-diesel">Diesel</a>, a full-fledged ORM.
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/database/#pkg-sqlx">sqlx</a>, the async sql toolkit.
    </li>
    <li>
      As well as native drivers for <a href="/topics/database/#pkg-mongodb">MongoDB</a>, <a
        href="/topics/database/#pkg-rusqlite">SQlite</a>, <a href="/topics/database/#pkg-postgres">Postgres</a>, and <a
        href="/topics/database/#pkg-mysql">MySQL</a>.
    </li>
  </ul>

  {% set services = get_page(path="topics/services.md") %}
  There are many integrations to third-party services {{ level::level(level=services.extra.level) }}, such as:

  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/web-apis/#pkg-rusoto_core">Rusoto</a> (AWS)
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/web-apis/#pkg-azure_sdk_for_rust">Azure</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/services/#pkg-redis">Redis</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="/topics/services/#pkg-elasticsearch">Elasticsearch</a>
    </li>
  </ul>

  {% set logging = get_page(path="topics/logging.md") %}
  {% set auth = get_page(path="topics/auth.md") %}
  {% set templating = get_page(path="topics/templating.md") %}
  {% set email = get_page(path="topics/email.md") %}

  <p>And of course, there is plenty of support for basic web needs, like <a href="/topics/logging/">logging</a>
    {{ level::level(level=logging.extra.level) }}, <a href="/topics/auth/">authorization</a> {{ level::level(level=auth.extra.level) }}, <a
      href="/topics/templating/">templating</a> {{ level::level(level=templating.extra.level) }}, and <a href="/topics/email/">email</a>
    {{ level::level(level=email.extra.level) }}.</p>

  
  <h2>Can I replace my Rails/Django/Laravel app already?</h2>
  
  <p>
    Rust does not have a dominant framework at the level of Django or Rails. Most Rust frameworks are smaller and modular, similar to Flask or Sinatra. 
    Rust does have a diverse package ecosystem, but you generally have to wire everything up yourself. Expect to put in a little bit of extra set up work 
    to get started. If you are expecting everything bundled up for you, then Rust might not be for you just yet.
  </p>

  {% set webassembly = get_page(path="topics/webassembly.md") %}

  <h2>WebAssembly???</h2>

  <p>Rust can run on the browser by compiling to <a href="/topics/webassembly/">WebAssembly</a>
    {{ level::level(level=webassembly.extra.level) }}. This means that you can take advantage of the amazing Rust ecosystem on the browser! Rust and
    WebAssembly integrate with existing Javascript tooling like NPM, Webpack, and ECMAScript modules! There are
    some <a href="/topics/webassembly/">awesome Rust and WebAssembly</a> projects out there. For example <a
      href="https://github.com/yewstack/yew">Yew</a> lets you create
    front-end web apps with Rust in a way that feels almost like React.js.</p>

  <p>For more information about Rust and WebAssembly, check out the <a
      href="https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/book/introduction.html">Rust and WebAssembly Book</a>.</p>

  <h2>Getting started</h2>

  <p>After you’ve set up your Rust and worked yourself <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/">through “The Book”</a>,
    you might want to check any of these resources:</p>

  <ul>
    <li><a
        href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNe9Xr35n4Q&amp;list=PL8lUUBadSMNBNKMYJpUE830tBiN6bxVRw&amp;ab_channel=DavidPedersen">Educational
        Rust Live Coding - Web App From Scratch</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://gill.net.in/posts/auth-microservice-rust-actix-web1.0-diesel-complete-tutorial/">Actix-Web Auth
        Microservice</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://www.lpalmieri.com/posts/2020-05-24-zero-to-production-0-foreword/">Zero To Production In Rust
        (Series)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://dev.to/werner/practical-rust-web-development-api-rest-29g1">Practical Rust Web Development
        (Series)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://rocket.rs/guide/v0.5/quickstart/">Rocket Quickstart Guide</a></li>
  </ul>

  <p>There are also some real world examples that can be looked at for reference:</p>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume">Plume, a Federated blogging app (Rocket)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/jetli/rust-yew-realworld-example-app">Yew realworld app (WebAssembly)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/seed-rs/seed-rs-realworld">Seed realworld app (WebAssembly)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy">Lemmy, a federated alternative to Reddit (actix-web)</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/TatriX/realworld-rust-rocket">Rust + Rocket RealWorld example</a></li>
  </ul>

  <p>If you find yourself stuck and looking for help, you can check out the <a
      href="https://users.rust-lang.org/c/help">official Rust forum</a>, the <a
      href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust">Rust tag on Stackoverflow</a>, or the <a
      href="https://discord.com/invite/rust-lang">Rust Discord server</a> where you are welcome to post your questions and
    will find excellent help.</p>

  <h2>In detail</h2>

  <p>Learn more about the state of web development in Rust by topic:</p>

  <ul class="topic-list">
    {% set section = get_section(path="topics/_index.md") %}
    {% for page in section.pages %}
    <li><a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{{page.title}}</a> {{ level::level(level=page.extra.level) }}</li>
    {% endfor %}
  </ul>

  <ul class="legend">
    <li>{{ level::level(level=0) }}: everything is awesome<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQgQIMlwWw"
        target="_blank">™</a>: stable, tested and mature</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=1) }}: stuff's pretty great</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=2) }}: getting there, stable but still maturing</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=3) }}: not yet stable, but progressing</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=4) }}: unstable/incomplete, needs work</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=5) }}: barely there, needs serious work</li>
    <li>{{ level::level(level=6) }}: basically nonexistent</li>
  </ul>
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