Actix Web
Shares rank 40 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Well-designed Rust web framework people enjoy using for web services. Critics point to heavy use of unsafe code and past vulnerabilities.
Well-designed Rust web framework people enjoy using for web services. Critics point to heavy use of unsafe code and past vulnerabilities.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well-designed, enjoyable framework
“libs like tokio and actix-web were so well-designed that I actually enjoyed reading the code in my free time”
Comment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI” “I've had a great time using Rust with Actix as the framework.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Vite 8.0 Is Out” “Axum and Actix are phenomenal web frameworks.”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft” Recommended for web services
“If you haven't tried writing a simple web service in Axum or Actix plus SQLx, you need to give it a try.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security” “Axum and Actix are phenomenal web frameworks.”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heavy unsafe code, past vulnerabilities
“the early rust web framework, that used a lot of "unsafe" "inappropriately" and had some vulnerabilities”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “How Our Rust-to-Zig Rewrite Is Going” “Actix was unsound because of prolific use of unsafe.”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “11 year old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Actix WebThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Actix was unsound because of prolific use of unsafe.”
“Axum and Actix are phenomenal web frameworks.”
“libs like tokio and actix-web were so well-designed that I actually enjoyed reading the code in my free time”
“Why can't name just be String?”
“the early rust web framework, that used a lot of "unsafe" "inappropriately" and had some vulnerabilities”
“If you haven't tried writing a simple web service in Axum or Actix plus SQLx, you need to give it a try.”
“I've had a great time using Rust with Actix as the framework.”
“after the author dismissed safety risks and was proven wrong”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.