Rust Quick Start

Overview

This guide walks through the default Rust flow: scaffold an Axum + SeaORM + SQLite project, run it, and verify the health endpoint. Rust projects run the CLI as the standalone tristack binary.

Install the CLI

Install the tristack binary for your OS:

1. Scaffold

tristack my-api

Follow the prompts, or skip them and take the defaults completely non-interactively:

tristack my-api --yes

After scaffolding you'll see the reproducible command, which is also saved to tristack.jsonc inside the project.

2. Run it

cd my-api
cp .env.example .env
cargo build
cargo watch -x run

Open http://localhost:8000/health — you should see {"status":"ok"}.

3. Common commands

cargo build        # install/compile dependencies (default package manager)
cargo run          # run without the cargo-watch addon
cargo watch -x run # live reload (cargo-watch addon)
cargo clippy       # lint (clippy addon)
cargo fmt          # format

Database migrations

Rust stacks default to no migration tool (--migrations none). Run migrations with your ORM's own tooling:

diesel migration run      # Diesel
sea-orm-cli migrate run   # SeaORM
sqlx migrate run          # sqlx

Docker

With the docker addon, run the whole stack in containers:

docker compose up --build

4. Other frameworks

The stack varies by framework — same flow, different server:

5. Reproduce the same stack

Every scaffold prints a reproducible command and stores it in tristack.jsonc:

tristack my-api \
  --language rust \
  --framework axum \
  --orm seaorm \
  --migrations none \
  --database sqlite \
  --package-manager cargo \
  --addons docker cargo-watch clippy

Or validate it without writing anything:

tristack my-api --yes --dry-run

Next steps

• Project Structure — exactly what gets generated
• CLI Options — every flag
• Compatibility — valid combinations