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Deploy Rust Axum Stack to Your VPS

Rust with Axum framework - ergonomic, modular web framework built by the Tokio team. Type-safe routing and excellent developer experience.

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Why Self-Host Rust Axum?

Save 80-90% on hosting costs

Pay $5-20/mo for VPS instead of $50-500/mo for managed platforms

Complete data ownership

Your code, your data, your server - no vendor lock-in

Full control & customization

Install any package, configure any setting, scale as needed

Production-ready infrastructure

Docker, SSL, domains, CI/CD - all managed from one app

Perfect For

Modern REST APIsgRPC servicesWebSocket applicationsCloud-native servicesHigh-performance backendsType-safe microservices

Rust Axum Benefits

  • Built by Tokio team - first-class async support
  • Type-safe extractors and routing
  • Modular tower middleware ecosystem
  • Excellent error messages
  • Growing community and ecosystem
  • Seamless tower-http integration

Deploy Rust Axum with Server Compass

Server Compass provides all the tools you need to deploy and manage your Rust Axum applications

Rust Axum Sample Repository

Clone and deploy this ready-to-use Rust Axum demo project. Includes Dockerfile, health checks, and environment variable configuration optimized for Server Compass.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Axum has better ergonomics and is built on tower middleware. Actix is slightly faster in benchmarks. Choose Axum for developer experience, Actix for absolute maximum performance.

Yes! Axum is built by the Tokio team (the async runtime powering most Rust web apps) and is used in production by Discord, Cloudflare, and others.

sqlx is most popular for compile-time checked queries. SeaORM and Diesel are great alternatives. Server Compass supports any Rust ORM with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.

Axum uses tower middleware, the same ecosystem used by Hyper and Tonic. This means excellent composability and a wide selection of production-tested middleware.

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