Loco Rust web framework
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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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Rails-like structure on top of Axum
“Loco feels like it's a perfect halfway point between Axum and Rails.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Rust off Rails: The opinionated web stack for the AI era” “It paints itself as Rust-on-Rails.”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Axum link poorly documented
“It's mostly a wrapper around Axum and the link between the two is sometimes not super well documented.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Rust off Rails: The opinionated web stack for the AI era” “Would have liked to have that explained more clearly in the docs.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Rust off Rails: The opinionated web stack for the AI era”
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 |
| Loco Rust web frameworkThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Would have liked to have that explained more clearly in the docs.”
“Loco feels like it's a perfect halfway point between Axum and Rails.”
“It's mostly a wrapper around Axum and the link between the two is sometimes not super well documented.”
“Loco is an actual framework.”
“I am really happy with the switch.”
“the compile times are getting on my nerves”
“It paints itself as Rust-on-Rails.”
“You could check out Loco.rs”
“I really hope it works out, but am cautious.”
“makes easier to learn Rust by taking care of a load of boilerplate code”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.