axum-rust-template

This template generates a production-ready Rust Axum API scaffold with Diesel ORM integrated for PostgreSQL, including migrations and DDD architecture. Clone the repository, install Rust, configure PostgreSQL, then run cargo build and cargo run to start your backend service immediately.

Axum paired with Diesel provides type-safe REST API development in Rust. Diesel's compile-time query verification combined with Axum's ergonomic routing and middleware create robust, maintainable services with minimal runtime errors.

Domain-driven design (DDD) organizes Rust backends by bounded contexts and domain logic. This template implements DDD patterns with Axum and Diesel, separating domain entities, repositories, and services to keep business logic decoupled from framework details.

Basic PostgreSQL familiarity helps, but the template handles setup and migrations automatically. You'll configure a connection string and run provided scripts; Diesel manages schema changes and database interactions without raw SQL in your application code.

Diesel provides CLI tooling for managing migrations in Rust projects. This template includes pre-configured migration workflows; use diesel migration generate to create new schemas and diesel migration run to apply them to PostgreSQL.

Axum is built on Tokio's async runtime, enabling high-concurrency request handling with low memory overhead. Combined with Rust's zero-cost abstractions, Axum APIs achieve performance comparable to systems languages while maintaining safety guarantees.