ActixWeb

Learn, understand, and build with Actix Web — the powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust.

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Type Safe

From request to response, everything has types. Forget about stringly typed objects.

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Blazingly Fast

Consistently top-ranked in TechEmpower benchmarks. 2M+ requests/sec under load.

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Tokio Native

Built on Tokio's async runtime with full ecosystem interop. Zero runtime GC.

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Extensible

Powerful middleware, extractors, and app-data system. Build your own libraries easily.

Hello World

Getting started with Actix Web is simple. Define a handler and bind it to a route.

src/main.rs

use actix_web::{get, web, App, HttpServer, Responder};
 
#[get("/")]
async fn index() -> impl Responder {
    "Hello, World!"
}
 
#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().service(index))
        .bind(("127.0.0.1", 8080))?
        .run()
        .await
}

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Documentation

Complete reference for routing, extractors, middleware, state, and deployment.

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Learning Paths

Step-by-step interactive courses from beginner to production-ready.

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Examples

Copy-paste Rust code examples for common patterns and use cases.

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Developer Tools

JSON formatter, HTTP status lookup, regex tester, and more.

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Playground

Try Actix Web code directly in your browser.

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Community

Questions, discussions, and showcase from the Actix Web community.

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