---
title: Create a Rust Backend
description: Create a Rust backend with Axum, SeaORM, PostgreSQL, tracing, and structured error handling using Better Fullstack.
updated: 2026-05-21
category: Packs
tags:
  - rust
  - axum
  - seaorm
  - postgres
  - backend
keywords:
  - create rust backend
  - rust api starter
  - axum postgres starter
  - seaorm api starter
  - rust backend boilerplate
---

Use the Rust Backend pack when you want a compact API service with strong types, predictable performance, and compiler-enforced structure.

<StarterPackCta id="rust-backend" />

## Generate the Rust backend starter

Open the [Rust Backend pack in the Stack Builder](/new?preset=rust-api&view=command), or run:

```bash
bun create better-fullstack@latest my-rust-backend \
  --ecosystem rust \
  --rust-web-framework axum \
  --rust-frontend none \
  --rust-orm sea-orm \
  --rust-logging tracing \
  --rust-error-handling anyhow-thiserror
```

## What the pack includes

- Axum for HTTP routes.
- SeaORM for typed database access.
- PostgreSQL-oriented backend shape.
- Tracing for structured application logs.
- anyhow and thiserror patterns for practical error handling.

## First things to customize

1. Define your route modules around resources or workflows.
2. Add database entities and migrations for the real domain.
3. Keep handler errors explicit so API failures are easy to debug.
4. Run `cargo check` and `cargo clippy -- -D warnings` as the project grows.

## When this is the right pack

Choose this for high-confidence backend services, APIs with strict performance expectations, systems tools with HTTP surfaces, and teams that prefer Rust's compile-time guarantees.

For a stack-level walkthrough, read [Axum with PostgreSQL and SeaORM](/guides/rust/axum-postgres-seaorm/).