tower VS warp

Compare tower vs warp and see what are their differences.

tower

async fn(Request) -> Result<Response, Error> (by tower-rs)

warp

A super-easy, composable, web server framework for warp speeds. (by seanmonstar)
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tower warp
14 66
3,258 9,140
2.6% -
2.1 6.3
13 days ago 22 days ago
Rust Rust
MIT License MIT License
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tower

Posts with mentions or reviews of tower. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-07.
  • Collection of trait implementations with associated types (GATs?)
    1 project | /r/rust | 15 Feb 2023
    This question is partially inspired by this PR which is kinda trying to do the same thing.
  • dd-trace-layer - A web application middleware for sending Datadog's trace
    3 projects | /r/rust | 7 Oct 2022
    dd-trace-layer is a middleware for sending Datadog's trace. It's based on Tower and OpenTelemetry Rust.
  • GCP firestore and logging SDK in rust
    3 projects | /r/rust | 6 Oct 2022
    I'm pretty sure that GCP's APIs (unlike AWS, which uses Smithy for very genuinely, very good reason) are defined using Protobuf and can be communicated with over gRPC, which means that you don't need to bind via cxx to GCP's C++ APIs. Take a look at this example using Tonic. If you're to use Tonic, you'll also be able to use Tower's middleware (main crate, http-specific) to implement retries, timeouts, tracing, and all the other things you need to be production-ready.
  • Which Rust web framework to choose in 2022 (with code examples)
    7 projects | dev.to | 27 Sep 2022
    #[derive(Clone)] struct MyMiddleware { inner: S, } impl Service> for MyMiddleware where S: Service, Response = Response> + Clone + Send + 'static, S::Future: Send + 'static, { type Response = S::Response; type Error = S::Error; type Future = BoxFuture<'static, Result>; fn poll_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll> { self.inner.poll_ready(cx) } fn call(&mut self, mut req: Request) -> Self::Future { println!("before"); // best practice is to clone the inner service like this // see https://github.com/tower-rs/tower/issues/547 for details let clone = self.inner.clone(); let mut inner = std::mem::replace(&mut self.inner, clone); Box::pin(async move { let res: Response = inner.call(req).await?; println!("after"); Ok(res) }) } } fn main() { let app = Router::new() .route("/", get(|| async { /* ... */ })) .layer(layer_fn(|inner| MyMiddleware { inner })); }
  • How to schedule and run cron jobs in Rust using apalis
    2 projects | dev.to | 14 Aug 2022
    For this tutorial, we're going to use apalis to run cron jobs in an async context. We will also look at how to decorate our jobs with tower middleware allowing us to unlock features like retries, prometheus, sentry etc
  • Warp or Rocket.rs or Actix Web?
    8 projects | /r/rust | 29 May 2022
    So I have now had a look at Axum and think I will give it a try. In the readme in the repository it says something about tower or tower::Service and tonic, what exactly is that? I do not understand that yet.
  • tower-lsp 0.16.0 — Lightweight framework for building LSP servers
    2 projects | /r/rust | 11 Mar 2022
    Better compatibility with tower ecosystem.
  • ratpack: a simpleton's HTTP framework
    6 projects | /r/rust | 24 Jan 2022
    ratpack is idealized in the simplicity of the sinatra (ruby) framework in its goal, and attempts to be an alternative to other async HTTP frameworks such as tower, warp, axum, and tide.
  • When and how to use traits?
    3 projects | /r/rust | 21 Aug 2021
    i would browse the standard library, tower, nom, or my own bitvec to see layout and trait/record separation. in particular, std::io and std::net may be of use: io::Read and io::Write are pervasive examples of implementing unixy file-descriptor-like behavior in the type system
  • I could use some help!
    2 projects | /r/learnrust | 15 Jul 2021
    We're not there yet. I keep an eye on Tower which looks promising to build on top of. And I keep an eye on MoonZoon (full stack framework, unashamedly opinionated!).

warp

Posts with mentions or reviews of warp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-12.
  • Hyper – A fast and correct HTTP implementation for Rust
    14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 May 2023
    I tried warp [0] and I am unimpressed so far. Pretty complex, limited documentation, buggy. The builder paradigm they used feels pretty constrained and, in my opinion, achieve the opposite of the simplicity it is supposed to bring. I was surprised it is so popular.

    Maybe I need more time or a favorable comparison to another framework to appreciate it.

    [0] https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp

  • How in hell can Warp be considered "super easy"?
    1 project | /r/rust | 20 Apr 2023
    Have you gone through the (examples)[https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp/blob/master/examples/]? There's actually a lot of explicit instructions here on how to use Warp, and all of them are very straightforward to read (e.g., (this example with route parameters and a POST'ed body)[https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp/blob/master/examples/body.rs])
  • Custom Warp error messages
    1 project | /r/rust | 8 Apr 2023
    There are numerous guides how to do custom error messages using the routes .recover() method (including the official one ), but it seems quite inflexible since I can't (seem to?) pass the actual error messages back to user.
  • Rendering a Rust project's file dependency tree in the terminal
    2 projects | /r/rust | 14 Mar 2023
    $ brew install gabotechs/taps/dep-tree $ git clone https://github.com/seanmonstar/warp $ dep-tree render warp/src/lib.rs lib.rs◁─────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬──────┬┐ │ │ │ ││ ├▷filter/and.rs◁────────────────────────────┐ │ ││ ├▷│filter/map_err.rs◁───────────────────────┤ │ ││ ├▷││filter/or.rs◁───────────────────────────┤ │ ││ ├▷│││filters/mod.rs◁─────────────┬──────┬───────────────────┼┤ ├▷││││test.rs───────┘ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷filters/addr.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│filters/any.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││filters/body.rs │ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││filters/compression.rs│ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││filters/cookie.rs────┘ │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││filters/cors.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││filters/ext.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││filters/fs.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││filters/header.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││filters/host.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││filters/log.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││filters/method.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││filters/multipart.rs│ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││filters/path.rs────┤ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││││filters/query.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││││filters/reply.rs │ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷││││││││││││││││filters/sse.rs──┘ │ │ ││ │ │││├│▷│││││││││││││││││filters/trace.rs │ │ ││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││││ │ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷filter/boxed.rs◁─┤ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷│filter/map.rs◁──┤ │ ││ ├─────────────────────────▷││filter/wrap.rs◁┼───────────────┼─┐ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││││ │││ │ │ │││ ├─────────────────────────────▷filter/mod.rs◁──────┬┬┼───────┤│ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷filter/and_then.rs┤││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷│filter/or_else.rs┘││ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││filter/recover.rs┘│ │││ ├───────────────────────────────▷│││filter/service.rs◁──────┼─┤ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││││filter/then.rs──┤ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷│││││filter/unify.rs┘ │││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ ├▷││││││filter/untuple_one.rs┤││ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │││ ├───────────────────────────────────────▷reply.rs◁───┬──────────┐ ├───────────────────────────────────────▷│route.rs───│──────┤││ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │││ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────▷server.rs◁────────┤ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ │││ │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────▷tls.rs─┴──────┘││ │ │ │││││ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ ││ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────▷filters/ws.rs◁│ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────▷│transport.rs││ │ │ │││ │ ││││││││││││││││ ││ │ │││││││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────▷generic.rs││ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────▷reject.rs─┴┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────▷error.rs │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────▷redirect.rs┘
  • Is there a more practical way to let warp respond to incoming requests?
    1 project | /r/learnrust | 1 Dec 2022
    What I see on the examples for the warp crate is that the examples do this:
  • I turned The Rust Book into a crate
    4 projects | /r/rust | 28 Nov 2022
    You might want to consider using Alacritty instead of Warp. Warp is VC-funded, macOS only, closed source, and it phones home. They also kinda stole the name of a web framework.
  • I made rust-webapp-template
    2 projects | /r/rust | 14 Nov 2022
    warp server,
  • Help with warp routes
    2 projects | /r/rust | 30 Oct 2022
    Hello, I'd need some help with warp routes since I'm not familiar with the framework. If somebody knows how to do this I'd appreciate very much.
  • Any Rust based forum software?
    16 projects | /r/rust | 28 Oct 2022
    If one were to undertake a project of developing something like this, which is the best web framework for it. I did some cursory research and discovered these back-end frameworks - actix, axum, poem, salvo, warp, gotham and rocket.
  • shuttle v0.7.1 has been released (improved isolation, new supported frameworks, QOL improvements)
    4 projects | /r/rust | 25 Oct 2022
    We've added support for the warp, salvo & thruster frameworks

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tower and warp you can also consider the following projects:

hyper - An HTTP library for Rust

axum - Ergonomic and modular web framework built with Tokio, Tower, and Hyper

tower-lsp - Language Server Protocol implementation written in Rust

actix-web - Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust.

tower-http - HTTP specific Tower utilities.

Rocket - A web framework for Rust.

bitvec - A crate for managing memory bit by bit

apalis - Simple, extensible multithreaded background job and message processing library for Rust

hyperterm - A terminal built on web technologies

Tide - Fast and friendly HTTP server framework for async Rust

kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal