webapp.rs

A web application completely written in Rust

Target of this project is to write a complete web application including backend and frontend within Rust.

graph LR
    A[Leptos / WASM<br>in browser] -->|SSR / RPC| B[Axum<br>HTTP Server]
    B --> C[SQLx]
    C --> D[(PostgreSQL)]

Blog Posts

1. A Web Application completely in Rust.
2. Lessons learned on writing web applications completely in Rust.

Architecture

The application uses Leptos server functions to communicate between frontend and backend, eliminating the need for a separate REST API layer. Both server and client are compiled from a single Rust crate.

Features

• User registration with Argon2 password hashing
• Login with username and password
• JWT-based session management with automatic renewal
• PostgreSQL session and user storage
• CSRF protection via origin validation
• Health check endpoint (/healthz) for container orchestration
• Server-side rendering with client-side hydration
• Single binary deployment

Prerequisites

• Rust (stable)
• cargo-leptos: cargo install cargo-leptos
• PostgreSQL
• wasm32-unknown-unknown target: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
• wasm-bindgen-cli: cargo install wasm-bindgen-cli

Getting Started

Start a PostgreSQL instance:

docker run -d --name postgres \
    -e POSTGRES_USER=webapp \
    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=webapp \
    -e POSTGRES_DB=webapp \
    -p 5432:5432 \
    postgres:17

Run the application:

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://webapp:webapp@localhost/webapp
cargo leptos watch

The application will be available at http://127.0.0.1:3000.

Register a new account using the "Register" link on the login page, then log in with your credentials.

Configuration

Container

Build and run as a container:

docker build -t webapp .
docker run -p 3000:3000 \
    -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://webapp:webapp@host.docker.internal/webapp \
    webapp

Development

cargo fmt --check                              # Check formatting
cargo clippy --features ssr -- -D warnings     # Lint server code
cargo test --features ssr                      # Run tests
cargo leptos build                             # Build for development
cargo leptos build --release                   # Build for production

Contributing

You want to contribute to this project? Wow, thanks! So please just fork it and send me a pull request.

License

Apache 2.0