rust-axum-async-graphql-postgres-redis-starter

A modern Rust backend starter template using:

• Axum for HTTP/WebSocket server
• Async-GraphQL for GraphQL APIs
• PostgreSQL via tokio-postgres and bb8 async connection pool
• Redis via bb8-redis async connection pool
• Firebase Auth integration
• WebSocket support
• Jemalloc for improved memory performance

Requirements

• Rust 1.85+ (2024 edition)
• PostgreSQL server
• Redis server

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/rust-dd/rust-axum-async-graphql-postgres-redis-starter.git
cd rust-axum-async-graphql-postgres-redis-starter

2. Setup environment

Create a .env file in the project root:

POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
POSTGRES_PORT=5432
POSTGRES_USER=postgres
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
POSTGRES_DB=postgres

REDIS_HOST=redis://localhost:6379

FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=firebase_project
ADMIN_SECRET=admin1234

3. Run the project

cargo run

4. Access the GraphQL Playground

Once running, open: http://localhost:8000/graphql

Performance

This project uses jemallocator as the global allocator for improved memory allocation performance in high-throughput environments and simd-json for fast JSON operations.

#[global_allocator]
static GLOBAL: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;

License

MIT