crabster
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A structured backend
REST API, data, migrations and authentication, together in one Rust application.
BACKEND GENERATOR · RUST · OPEN SOURCE
Your domain.
Your Rust backend.Your code.
Describe your business in a .cdl file. Crabster generates a complete application and carries it through its changes without overwriting yours.
$ cargo install crabster-cli
The generated code is yours. No dependency on Crabster.
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01 / BUILD
One model. Everything it needs.
The repetitive foundations are generated. You concentrate on your domain.
02
Quality built in
OpenAPI documentation and generated tests, to understand, verify and maintain your application.
03
Ready for deployment
A Docker image, Kubernetes manifests and a Helm chart to ship your project.
02 / EVOLVE
It generates.
Then it comes back.
Crabster stamps each file as it writes it. On a new version, it recognises the ones you changed and keeps your work.
YOUR PROJECT · NEW GENERATION
api/routes.rs
To update
domain/invoice.rs
Changed by you · preserved
deploy/Chart.yaml
To update
Your work stays the starting point.
03 / GET STARTED
From domain to deployment.
A clear path, from the first model to an application you can keep changing.
1
Describe your domain
Entities, relations and rules, in your .cdl file.
2
Generate your application
Crabster produces your backend and the tooling to ship it.
3
Take it from there
Deploy, customise and evolve your code.