Crates / Compare / axum vs warp
Rust crates side by side · data Oct 24, 2026
axum vs warp
Short answerNew projects mostly pick axum; warp is fine to keep. By steady daily use, axum is bigger: 1,587,646 real downloads a day against 70,368 for warp (22.6x). 9,968 crates depend on axum and 618 on warp. axum last shipped 6 months ago, warp 6 months ago.
axum
Widely usedWidely used and steady.
9,968 crates depend on it; no release in the last 90 days, so its count is all steady use.
HTTP routing and request handling library that focuses on ergonomics and modularity
warp
EstablishedEstablished and losing ground.
618 crates depend on it; no release in the last 90 days, so its count is all steady use.
serve the web at warp speeds
axumwarp · 100% = that crate's normal quiet day, so a spike to 300% is triple its usual traffic
Every number, side by side
| Same window, same method | axum | warp |
|---|---|---|
| Real downloads a day | 1,587,646 | 70,368 |
| Crates that depend on it | 9,968 | 618 |
| Last release | 0.8.9, 6 months ago | 0.4.3, 6 months ago |
| Trend vs the field | -2% | -11% |
| Release-window share | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Downloads in the window | 141,334,621 | 6,520,522 |
| All-time downloads | 540,976,000 | 51,413,920 |
| Versions published | 94 | 43 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| MSRV | 1.80 | not set |
| First published | Jul 22, 2021 | Mar 29, 2018 |
Which to pick
- Pick axum if you want plain async functions as handlers and tower middleware.
- Pick warp if you have an existing warp codebase; its filter combinators are powerful but compile slowly and give long type errors.
- Bottom line: New projects mostly pick axum; warp is fine to keep. (checked against each project's docs, Oct 24, 2026)
- Downloads tell you what is common, not what fits. Each crate's own description above says what it is for; when the jobs differ, pick by the job.
- When both fit, prefer the one more crates depend on (axum, 9,968 dependents): more eyes, more answered questions, and you may already have it in your tree.
- Check the release dates against your own pace: axum 6 months ago, warp 6 months ago.
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Method
Real downloads = the median day with no release that day or the day before, from the crates.io API (Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026). Raw crates.io counts include CI and bots and run high (why); the method is from our 90-day study. People search for this pair: Google suggests "axum vs warp".