--- title: Introducing Umbral - A Batteries-Included Web Framework... description: Umbral is a new batteries-included, model-driven web framework for Rust, currently pre-1.0. It lets developers declare a data model once and automatically... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-umbral---a-batteries-included-web-framework-for-rust-eqdvlniil twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing Umbral - A Batteries-Included Web Framework for Rust | daily.dev og:description: Umbral is a new batteries-included, model-driven web framework for Rust, currently pre-1.0. It lets developers declare a data model once and automatically... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-umbral---a-batteries-included-web-framework-for-rust-eqdvlniil og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eQdVLNIil.png og:image:alt: Introducing Umbral - A Batteries-Included Web Framework for Rust og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing Umbral - A Batteries-Included Web Framework for Rust **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Umbral is a new batteries-included, model-driven web framework for Rust, currently pre-1.0. It lets developers declare a data model once and automatically derives database migrations, a typed ORM, an admin UI, REST endpoints, OpenAPI docs, and now an optional GraphQL API from that single declaration. Built on proven Rust libraries like axum, sqlx, tower, and async-graphql, it uses a plugin architecture so features like auth, sessions, admin, REST, and GraphQL are optional and composable. Safety defaults include explicit GraphQL exposure, separate read/write opt-ins, parameterized SQL, and CSRF protection. The framework targets SaaS backends, internal tools, admin-heavy apps, and CRUD-plus-business-logic systems where wiring many libraries together is a pain point. It is published on crates.io and actively seeking feedback. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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