Rocket — A Web Framework for Rust with Focus on Usability

What Rocket Does

• Type-safe routing — routes validated at compile time
• Request guards — type-based access to request data
• Data guards — typed request body parsing
• Fairings — middleware-like lifecycle callbacks
• Managed state — thread-safe shared state
• Templates — Tera, Handlebars via rocket_dyn_templates
• Async — fully async since Rocket 0.5
• Forms — multipart, validated form handling
• Testing — built-in local Client for tests

Comparison

FAQ

Q: Rocket vs Axum? A: Rocket is more opinionated with fast development (Rails-like DX); Axum is more modular and seamlessly integrates with the Tokio/Tower ecosystem.

Sources

• Docs: https://rocket.rs/guide
• GitHub: https://github.com/rwf2/Rocket
• License: MIT + Apache 2.0