Toasty ORM
Ranked 11 of 11 ORMs by recommenders
Rust ORM praised for a simpler, nicer API than SeaORM. Caveat: it is pretty new, and people are still waiting to see whether it solves the problem.
Rust ORM praised for a simpler, nicer API than SeaORM. Caveat: it is pretty new, and people are still waiting to see whether it solves the problem.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 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: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 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
Simpler, nicer API than SeaORM
“The API seemed to be a little simpler and nicer to use than SeaORM for me.”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “Topcoat is pushing the boundary of server applications with Rust” Maturing fast despite being new
“Toasty is also pretty new, but maturing fast.”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Topcoat: The full full-stack framework for Rust” Praised as wonderful
“ToastyTech is wonderful but don't forget GUIdebook, which also is.”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Still new and unproven
“Toasty is also pretty new, but maturing fast.”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Topcoat: The full full-stack framework for Rust” Unclear whether it solves the problem
“Will have to see if Toasty solves it”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Topcoat: The full full-stack framework for Rust”
Other ORMs people recommend
The four most recommended other ORMs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity Framework Core | 35 | 19 | 65% | 12 | — | — |
| SQLAlchemy | 33 | 28 | 54% | 11 | — | — |
| Drizzle ORM | 25 | 6 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Dapper | 19 | 3 | 86% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Toasty ORMThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“ORMs tend to add a lot of complexity for very little benefit.”
“The API seemed to be a little simpler and nicer to use than SeaORM for me.”
“Toasty is also pretty new, but maturing fast.”
“Will have to see if Toasty solves it”
“ToastyTech is wonderful but don't forget GUIdebook, which also is.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.