davidpdrsn/axum-live-view

axum-live-view lets you build interactive, real-time web interfaces without writing any JavaScript. Instead of sending a static page and then layering on client-side code to make things interactive, your server keeps a live connection open with each user's browser and updates the page as things change. Think of it as a way to build something like a live chat, a real-time dashboard, or an interactive form without touching frontend JavaScript at all. Here is how it works under the hood. When a user first visits your page, the server sends back fully rendered HTML, which is good for search engines and fast load times. Then a small piece of built-in JavaScript connects back to the server over a persistent connection called a WebSocket. From that point on, when a user clicks a button or types in a field, that event goes straight to your server-side code. Your code decides what happens, re-renders the relevant HTML, and sends only the changed pieces back to the browser. The browser applies just those small updates, keeping everything feeling snappy. If the connection drops, the client automatically reconnects and starts fresh. This is useful for developers who want to build rich, app-like experiences but prefer to keep all their logic in a single backend codebase rather than splitting work across a frontend and backend. For example, if you are building a counter that increments when clicked, a search box that updates results as you type, or a notification feed that updates live, this approach handles it cleanly. You define your interface as a template with dynamic values, wire up what happens on click events, and the framework takes care of the communication layer. The project is explicitly marked as a work in progress, and the author warns that everything is subject to change and it should not be used for anything serious yet. It is essentially an experiment bringing a popular pattern from the Elixir and Phoenix framework world into Rust.