# Lustre web framework

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Lustre web framework and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Elm-style web framework for Gleam, liked for its strong constraints, clear HTML templating and fit with Gleam. Caveat: small ecosystem.

## Why people recommend it

- Elm-style architecture fits well (4 comments): "I recently used Gleam + Lustre for a small app that I normally would have built with Elm + PostgREST." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46256971)) "squirrel (sqlx-ish) and lustre (elm-like) being examples of what we could have instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45854371)) "It's also why I moved to Gleam and Lustre (elm architecture)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697759))
- Good web framework for Gleam (3 comments): "There are some good web frameworks in Gleam like lustre." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47744818)) "I really enjoy working with both Lustre and Gleam." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063317)) "Gleam, lustre, and tauri? Amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477660))
- Strong constraints help AI coding (2 comments): "the constraints of Gleam and its Elm inspired framework Lustre are so strong, Claude gives me much better results" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48464977)) "the constraints of Gleam and its Elm inspired framework Lustre are so strong" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463240))

## 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, "Lustre web framework", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lustre/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).