Leptos
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 30 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Rust web framework for full-stack apps with declarative reactive UI; critics point to heavy build output and weak IDE autocomplete.
Rust web framework for full-stack apps with declarative reactive UI; critics point to heavy build output and weak IDE autocomplete.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Full-stack Rust web framework
“it's a great framework for those who want to build full-stack apps in Rust”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: rari, the rust-powered react framework” “For those looking for an actual Rust web framework, check out Leptos”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: rari, the rust-powered react framework” Declarative, reactive UI syntax
“IMO leptos (leptos.dev) has far more fine-grained capabilities”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “gives you a nice declarative UI syntax and reactive elements”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)” HTML templating inside .rs files
“Yew and Leptos implement Vue-like and React-like patterns, including support for JSX and HTML templating natively inside standard .rs files”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js” “You can do actual html. This is Leptos, a Solidjs like rust library”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Type-safe HTML templating in Zig” Fast enough for most applications
“the various Rust react-like libraries (Yew, Dioxus, Leptos) are all reasonably fast for many/most applications”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Ported my C game to WASM, here's everybug that I hit” “Dioxus, Yew and Leptos are already showing a lot of this to be good enough.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly”
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 |
| LeptosThis page | 10 | 4 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
19 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You can do actual html. This is Leptos, a Solidjs like rust library”
“it took a lot of memory just for the language server to validate”
“It's cute, but you lose out on autocomplete and other IDE integration.”
“gives you a nice declarative UI syntax and reactive elements”
“You might also find Yew, Leptos an Dioxus interresting”
“They are fantastic options.”
“the various Rust react-like libraries (Yew, Dioxus, Leptos) are all reasonably fast for many/most applications”
“the whole chain is too heavy, your target directory quickly balloons to GBs and that's unacceptable”
“tons of reference counting (e.g., in Leptos) that acts as a less efficient GC”
“IMO leptos (leptos.dev) has far more fine-grained capabilities”
“Dioxus, Yew and Leptos are already showing a lot of this to be good enough.”
“it's a great framework for those who want to build full-stack apps in Rust”
“For those looking for an actual Rust web framework, check out Leptos”
“WASM is mature enough to just go for it.”
“IMO they're not quite mature enough for me to match my productivity in javascript with them.”
“it’s still married to the web.”
“So basically well known and very good Open Source”
“Leptos + Thaw is pretty close”
“Yew and Leptos implement Vue-like and React-like patterns, including support for JSX and HTML templating natively inside standard .rs files”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.