Does actix web use Tokio?

Actix is an actor framework. Actors are objects which encapsulate state and behavior, they communicate exclusively by exchanging messages. Actix actors are implemented on top of Tokio.

What is actix?

Actix is an Ecosystem of Crates

Long ago, actix-web was built on top of actix , a powerful and fast actor system. … An application developed with actix-web will expose an HTTP server contained within a native executable.

Is Rust web ready yet?

Yes! Rust has mature and production ready frameworks in Actix Web and Rocket, and newer ones like Warp and Tide. … These provide everything you’d expect from a web framework, from routing and middleware, to templating, and JSON/form handling.