Email me

Crates / Compare / actix-web vs rocket

Rust crates · head to head · data Oct 24, 2026

actix-web vs rocket

Short answerBy steady daily use, actix-web runs at 144,166 downloads on a quiet day against 22,064 for rocket (6.5x), and 1,747 crates depend on actix-web against 628. Pick actix-web if raw throughput and a big ecosystem matter most. Pick rocket if ergonomics and built-in features matter most.

Bottom line: actix-web for performance and maturity, rocket for convenience.

144Kactix-web quiet-day downloads/day
22.1Krocket quiet-day downloads/day
1,747crates depend on actix-web
628crates depend on rocket

Side by side

actix-webrocket
Quiet-day baseline (downloads/day)144,16622,064
Downloads in the window12,434,9362,276,741
Share within 2 days of a release11%1%
Baseline trend (first 30 vs last 30 days)+13%-5%
Reverse dependencies1,747628
All-time downloads87.1M14.5M
Releases in the window61
Latest version4.18.10.5.2
Latest releaseOct 23, 2026Oct 23, 2026
MSRV (latest)1.891.89
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0MIT OR Apache-2.0
First publishedOct 23, 2017Dec 23, 2016

actix-web: daily downloads

1K2K2026-07-27: 149,4862026-07-28: 161,1882026-07-29: 140,1452026-07-30: 137,0342026-07-31: 126,9532026-08-01: 73,7982026-08-02: 62,4732026-08-03: 124,1032026-08-04: 132,2092026-08-05: 131,9612026-08-06: 118,0252026-08-07: 116,8432026-08-08: 70,4062026-08-09: 72,873 (release window)2026-08-10: 131,353 (release window)2026-08-11: 132,5932026-08-12: 136,0632026-08-13: 162,6802026-08-14: 152,4622026-08-15: 90,5432026-08-16: 74,8532026-08-17: 146,3022026-08-18: 152,5452026-08-19: 142,5142026-08-20: 158,4032026-08-21: 145,868 (release window)2026-08-22: 75,737 (release window)2026-08-23: 73,1682026-08-24: 143,8352026-08-25: 141,1002026-08-26: 143,5182026-08-27: 146,3492026-08-28: 142,9482026-08-29: 73,8382026-08-30: 64,5552026-08-31: 140,7582026-09-01: 157,1232026-09-02: 161,0172026-09-03: 157,3762026-09-04: 150,3222026-09-05: 93,1532026-09-06: 84,2372026-09-07: 132,5522026-09-08: 153,1492026-09-09: 167,1512026-09-10: 189,8472026-09-11: 165,5392026-09-12: 93,0292026-09-13: 75,0822026-09-14: 163,1022026-09-15: 198,1582026-09-16: 186,4092026-09-17: 228,0462026-09-18: 196,1872026-09-19: 99,4612026-09-20: 101,4532026-09-21: 170,3862026-09-22: 152,5112026-09-23: 149,0092026-09-24: 144,5792026-09-25: 141,1562026-09-26: 90,3442026-09-27: 108,6142026-09-28: 157,1882026-09-29: 163,8082026-09-30: 159,4082026-10-01: 160,4592026-10-02: 146,2582026-10-03: 80,5582026-10-04: 75,5732026-10-05: 144,4972026-10-06: 167,3632026-10-07: 175,0632026-10-08: 173,7162026-10-09: 151,4842026-10-10: 88,9562026-10-11: 82,4522026-10-12: 137,217 (release window)2026-10-13: 178,936 (release window)2026-10-14: 196,7772026-10-15: 180,830 (release window)2026-10-16: 173,394 (release window)2026-10-17: 86,0572026-10-18: 76,8882026-10-19: 181,6212026-10-20: 206,8782026-10-21: 247,6262026-10-22: 290,4132026-10-23: 253,042 (release window)Jul 27Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1

rocket: daily downloads

20K40K60K2026-07-27: 23,3532026-07-28: 25,5672026-07-29: 19,5402026-07-30: 18,9702026-07-31: 21,2652026-08-01: 14,3722026-08-02: 11,6012026-08-03: 22,4522026-08-04: 24,7372026-08-05: 24,1522026-08-06: 28,0562026-08-07: 27,4022026-08-08: 18,1222026-08-09: 12,7612026-08-10: 21,8942026-08-11: 26,9832026-08-12: 26,6612026-08-13: 26,3122026-08-14: 26,1322026-08-15: 17,6392026-08-16: 14,4002026-08-17: 30,5472026-08-18: 24,5092026-08-19: 21,0012026-08-20: 23,3592026-08-21: 29,5322026-08-22: 19,6942026-08-23: 19,1722026-08-24: 30,2872026-08-25: 31,3312026-08-26: 19,0522026-08-27: 17,8972026-08-28: 16,3282026-08-29: 10,4692026-08-30: 8,5172026-08-31: 14,7132026-09-01: 18,8272026-09-02: 20,1072026-09-03: 20,1582026-09-04: 19,3662026-09-05: 11,7572026-09-06: 11,3412026-09-07: 15,9732026-09-08: 17,0772026-09-09: 17,9822026-09-10: 37,3302026-09-11: 37,4002026-09-12: 22,3082026-09-13: 18,4632026-09-14: 33,4082026-09-15: 41,2892026-09-16: 43,8592026-09-17: 72,5992026-09-18: 50,7552026-09-19: 24,0112026-09-20: 19,7482026-09-21: 36,9812026-09-22: 47,3442026-09-23: 48,7922026-09-24: 52,5112026-09-25: 52,1262026-09-26: 30,2822026-09-27: 27,5882026-09-28: 37,8842026-09-29: 41,9012026-09-30: 46,2332026-10-01: 47,5092026-10-02: 48,2382026-10-03: 23,6712026-10-04: 17,8142026-10-05: 33,3452026-10-06: 47,3262026-10-07: 27,1902026-10-08: 24,5662026-10-09: 19,3932026-10-10: 13,7062026-10-11: 11,1062026-10-12: 16,6732026-10-13: 20,7332026-10-14: 22,2352026-10-15: 19,8112026-10-16: 19,9782026-10-17: 13,1402026-10-18: 9,6482026-10-19: 16,1372026-10-20: 20,2362026-10-21: 19,9452026-10-22: 19,8642026-10-23: 20,298 (release window)Jul 27Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1

release windowquiet dayquiet-day median

Which to pick

  • actix-web if raw throughput and a big ecosystem matter most.
  • rocket if ergonomics and built-in features matter most.

Downloads are not quality. The quiet-day baseline is our steadiest public number for real use (release-day spikes from mirrors and CI removed), and reverse dependencies count maintainers who chose the crate. How we compute it.

Each crate in detail

  • actix-web: Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust
  • rocket: Web framework with a focus on usability, security, extensibility, and speed.

Sources

Get the receipts by email.

What my AI agents tried this week, with the real numbers: what worked, what flopped, what made money. One email when there is something worth reading.

No spam, never sold. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe.

Up next

What these download numbers really meanWhy are crates.io download counts inflated?Because a crates.io "download" is one fetch of a .crate file from the crates.io CDN , not a person. Every CI run on a clean machine fetches again, every new version gets...Read it next →

Also worth your time

Did this answer your question?

Popular in the shop

All 124 tools →
Every App$39AI Builder Kit$29Is Your Landing Page Cooked? 26-Point Roast Scorecard$5Blueprint$9Plainspoken$7Promptbook$6Envelope$9Paid$8Freelance Rate Calculator$5Homebrew Recipe Calculator$5Glaze Chemist$8Should I Deploy This? 18-Point Deploy Risk Checklist$5

Browse: Bundles and kitsHome, family and schoolMoney and businessAI toolsSports and fitnessMaking and hobbiesFood and drinkIndie dev and launchTrading and quant

Free: Landing page teardown iPhone app cost calculator LLM API cost calculator Paid online: $49 Launch Check App builds Articles FAQ