# Loco Rust web framework

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Loco Rust web framework and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Loco as a Rust web framework that cuts boilerplate, sitting between Axum and Rails. Critics say its Axum link is sometimes poorly documented.

## Why people recommend it

- Rails-like structure on top of Axum (2 comments): "Loco feels like it's a perfect halfway point between Axum and Rails." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185347)) "It paints itself as Rust-on-Rails." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49846303))

## What people warn about

- Axum link poorly documented (2 comments): "It's mostly a wrapper around Axum and the link between the two is sometimes not super well documented." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185084)) "Would have liked to have that explained more clearly in the docs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50187130))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails.md): 337 recommend
- [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django.md): 277 recommend
- [Next.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/next-js.md): 127 recommend
- [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix.md): 85 recommend
- [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel.md): 71 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Loco Rust web framework", https://hackerapproved.com/p/loco/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).