# Proa

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Proa and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend Proa for fast server-side rendering and as a complete framework for production Rust web apps. Critics doubt it solves an acute problem and question monetizing components.

## Why people recommend it

- Used for production web apps (2 comments): "I think Proa is the most complete framework currently for building a production web application in Rust" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111803)) "It already powers proa.so, ui.proa.so, latency.so, and a few other sites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111841))
- Interesting, well-scoped idea (2 comments): "Very cool idea, I'm going to test this!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50108004)) "this looks well-scoped at first bluff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111815))

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