# rustio-admin
> **Django Admin, but for Rust.** A small, focused admin framework for Postgres-backed Rust apps. From a `struct` to a working CRUD admin in under 50 lines of project code.
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> ๐ก **v0.3.0** (2026-05-08) โ authority + design-system stabilization. Server-side authority guards (self-demote / cross-rank / role-ceiling) with last-Administrator + last-Developer protection. Audit rows on every user/group authority mutation. Foreign-key list cells now resolve to display labels with click-throughs. Group permissions render as a model ร action matrix instead of a flat 60+ checkbox list. Canonical accent moved to teal-emerald (`#0F8C7E` light / `#3FAA9D` dark) โ retired the previous terracotta. New `DESIGN_SYSTEM.md` + PR template gate token-level changes behind a visual regression checklist. Downstream projects: bump to `rustio-admin = "0.3"` and `cargo update -p rustio-admin`. [v0.3.0 changelog](./CHANGELOG.md#030--2026-05-08) ยท [release](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.3.0).
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> ๐ง **v0.2.1** (2026-05-07, CLI-only patch) โ fixes the `rustio startproject` scaffold template, which was pinning new projects to `rustio-admin = "0.1"` and missing every 0.2.0 feature. Re-install the CLI with `cargo install rustio-admin-cli --force` to pick up the corrected template; existing projects are unaffected. [v0.2.1 changelog](./CHANGELOG.md#021--2026-05-07) ยท [release](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.2.1).
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> โจ **v0.2.0 released on 2026-05-07** โ premium-chrome release. List view, form view, and Auth pages all share one design language; dark mode is now a calm graphite workspace rather than an OLED-black hacker terminal. New list-view toolbar (filters dropdown / sort dropdown / per-page picker / active-filter pills / numbered pagination / search glyph) ships with full URL state preservation across every widget. Per-row + master checkboxes drive the new bulk select; projects register custom bulk actions via `ModelAdmin::bulk_actions()` next to the built-in delete. Form pages cap at 880 px editorial width with a grouped action bar. Sticky sidebar at tablet+. **Breaking change:** `AdminTheme` is now an override-patch type (`Option<String>` fields) โ `admin.css` is the single source of truth, so out of the box no inline `<style>` is emitted at all. See the [v0.2.0 changelog](./CHANGELOG.md#020--2026-05-07) including the *Migrating from 0.1.x* section, and the [release tag](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.2.0).
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> ๐จ **v0.1.1** (2026-05-07) โ design-system pass. Self-hosted Geist + Geist Mono + Tajawal + Noto Naskh Arabic (SIL OFL-1.1, ~270 KB embedded), full typography token system, crimson `#A0341A` brand accent. [v0.1.1 changelog](./CHANGELOG.md#011--2026-05-07) ยท [release tag](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.1.1).
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> ๐ **v0.1.0** (2026-05-07) โ first public release. Three crates landed together: [`rustio-admin`](https://crates.io/crates/rustio-admin) (the library), [`rustio-admin-macros`](https://crates.io/crates/rustio-admin-macros) (the `RustioAdmin` derive), and [`rustio-admin-cli`](https://crates.io/crates/rustio-admin-cli) (the `rustio` binary: `startproject`, `startapp`, `migrate`, `user`, `group`, `perm`, `doctor`). [v0.1.0 changelog](./CHANGELOG.md#010--2026-05-07) ยท [release tag](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.1.0).
## What you get
- `#[derive(RustioAdmin)]` on a plain struct โ list / create / edit / delete pages.
- `impl ModelAdmin` for Django-style customisation (`list_display`, `list_filter`, `search_fields`, `ordering`, `list_per_page`).
- DB-backed sessions, Argon2 passwords, 5-tier role hierarchy, per-model RBAC.
- Hyper + sqlx + minijinja under the hood. **Postgres only.** No Tailwind, no PostCSS, no build step โ one hand-written stylesheet.
- Single binary deploy. Project templates and CSS are baked in via `include_str!`; project overrides drop into `templates/admin/`.
## Install
```toml
[dependencies]
rustio-admin = "0.3"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
```
The CLI ships separately:
```sh
cargo install rustio-admin-cli # provides the `rustio` binary
```
## The 3-line idea
```rust
#[derive(RustioAdmin)]
pub struct Post { pub id: i64, pub title: String, /* โฆ */ }
impl Model for Post { /* TABLE, COLUMNS, from_row, insert_values */ }
impl ModelAdmin for Post {} // accept every default
// In your `main`:
let admin = Admin::new().model::<Post>();
let router = register_admin_routes(Router::new(), admin, db, templates);
Server::new(router, addr).run().await?;
```
A model that wants more control fills in the `ModelAdmin` body:
```rust
impl ModelAdmin for Post {
fn list_display() -> &'static [&'static str] { &["title", "published", "created_at"] }
fn list_filter() -> &'static [&'static str] { &["published"] }
fn search_fields() -> &'static [&'static str] { &["title", "body"] }
fn ordering() -> &'static [&'static str] { &["-created_at"] }
}
```
For a complete project skeleton see [`examples/minimal/`](./examples/minimal/) and the [`docs/getting-started.md`](./docs/getting-started.md) walkthrough.
## Documentation
| | |
|---|---|
| [Getting started](./docs/getting-started.md) | `cargo new` to a running admin in 10 minutes. |
| [`ModelAdmin` reference](./docs/modeladmin.md) | Every hook, every default, when to override. |
| [Architecture](./docs/architecture.md) | Module map, runtime, public API surface. |
| [Strategic reset plan](./rustio-admin-strategic-reset-plan.md) | Why the framework exists, what's in/out of scope. |
| [Changelog](./CHANGELOG.md) | Per-release summary. |
## Workspace layout
| Crate | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `rustio-admin` | The library. Re-exports the macros. |
| `rustio-admin-macros` | Proc-macros (re-exported from `rustio-admin`). |
| `rustio-admin-cli` | The `rustio` binary โ `startproject`, `startapp`, `migrate`, `user`, `group`, `perm`, `doctor`. |
```sh
cargo build --workspace
cargo test --workspace
```
## Status
**v0.2.0 โ released 2026-05-07.** Three releases shipped end-to-end against a local Postgres: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.1.0) (initial public release; phases 1โ15 of the strategic-reset rollout), [v0.1.1](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.1.1) (design-system pass โ self-hosted fonts, typography token system, crimson brand), and [v0.2.0](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/rustio-admin/releases/tag/v0.2.0) (premium chrome โ list-view toolbar with filters / sort / per-page / pills / numbered pagination + URL state preservation, bulk select + project-defined bulk actions, form refresh, single-source-of-truth theme architecture, calm graphite dark mode). All three browser-walked against the [`examples/minimal`](./examples/minimal/) skeleton and a fresh `rustio startproject` + `rustio startapp` flow; the [`classrooms`](https://github.com/abdulwahed-sweden/classrooms) project consumes the published crate from crates.io. See the [strategic reset plan](./rustio-admin-strategic-reset-plan.md) for the design and the [changelog](./CHANGELOG.md) for the per-release feature inventory.
Future work tracks under separate milestones โ v0.3 candidates include richer filter widget kinds beyond `BoolYesNo` (date range, multi-select, foreign-key autocomplete), inline forms, dashboard widgets, and floating toast notifications. The schema-contract / drift-validator / AI-planner work that originally lived in this repo's predecessor stays explicitly out of scope and will, if it returns at all, ship as a separate `rustio-pro-*` family of crates.
## Non-goals
`rustio-admin` is the admin layer and the auth/permissions/templates that surround it โ nothing more. **Not** a full web framework. **Not** an ORM (the `Model` trait is a thin sqlx shim). **Not** a content management system. **Not** AI-augmented. **Not** multi-database (Postgres only, on purpose). **Not** schema-contract-driven (the schema-contract / drift-validator / AI-planner work belongs in a future Tier-2 crate, kept entirely out of this repo).
## License
MIT โ see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE).