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Actix Web vs Axum vs Rocket
A side-by-side look at how actively Actix Web, Axum and Rocket are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Axum is the most-starred of the 3, with 27k stars, close to Actix Web's 25k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Actix Web recorded the most commits (384), against 4 for Rocket.
- Actix Web has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 2.0k.
- Relative to its popularity, Axum carries the lightest open-issue load: 1.2 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 6.0 for Actix Web.
- Rocket had gone 275 days without a push at the time of the snapshot.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Actix Web Active | Axum Active | Rocket Dormant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 25k | 27k | 26k |
| Forks | 1.9k | 1.5k | 1.6k |
| Contributors | 418 | 458 | 313 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 384 | 250 | 4 |
| Open issues | 148 | 33 | 65 |
| Open pull requests | 44 | 45 | 27 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 2.0k | 2.0k | 799 |
| Watchers | 239 | 150 | 262 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 28 Dec 2025 |
| Latest release | http-v3.18.12 (Sep 2026) | axum-v0.8.9 (Apr 2026) | v0.5.1 (May 2024) |
| Main language | Rust | Rust | Rust |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Not detected by GitHub |
| Created | Sep 2017 | May 2021 | Mar 2016 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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