Proa
Shares rank 58 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Used for production web apps
“I think Proa is the most complete framework currently for building a production web application in Rust”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Proa – A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering” “It already powers proa.so, ui.proa.so, latency.so, and a few other sites.”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Proa – A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering” Interesting, well-scoped idea
“Very cool idea, I'm going to test this!”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Proa – A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering” “this looks well-scoped at first bluff”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Proa – A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering”
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 |
| ProaThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that Pro UI situation would make me wait years before even considering it”
“It already powers proa.so, ui.proa.so, latency.so, and a few other sites.”
“this looks well-scoped at first bluff”
“I think Proa is the most complete framework currently for building a production web application in Rust”
“suffering a bit from NIH syndrome solving no particularly acute problem”
“really appreciate your minimal JavaScript approach”
“Why bother monetizing components that can be copyright-washed in minutes with LLMs”
“This is one of the key ways we're able to make Proa the fastest server-side rendering engine on the market.”
“The idea is to just accelerate the time it takes to create components”
“Very cool idea, I'm going to test this!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.