Restify VS Express

Compare Restify vs Express and see what are their differences.

Restify

The future of Node.js REST development (by restify)

Express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node. (by expressjs)
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Restify Express
8 668
10,697 63,507
0.1% 0.9%
5.6 7.6
2 months ago about 18 hours ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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Restify

Posts with mentions or reviews of Restify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-31.
  • Stop using express.js
    6 projects | dev.to | 31 May 2023
    Restify & Fastify Hapi
  • Node JS Microservice Frameworks for Developing Scalable Web Apps.
    12 projects | /r/node | 22 Mar 2023
    Restify – Optimized NodeJS Microservice Framework
  • Preact Releases Signals
    6 projects | dev.to | 9 Sep 2022
    We've seen this framework forking happen a lot as good ideas are remixed like Aurelia via Angular, Derw via Elm, Restify via Express, and Spring Boot via Spring to name a few. It's interesting to me this obsession with performance that Preact has with their ability to provide a simple API. That said, I am in no way convinced this'll solve the architecture problem. Without at least guidance, or more importantly, a framework + docs on how to utilize Signals at scale, you'll just end up with a random mess. Still, it's awesome how far they've come, and it's neat to see them still innovating years later.
  • 10 Best Node.js Framework in 2021
    12 projects | dev.to | 2 Dec 2021
    Restify.js: Future of Node.js REST development
  • how to deploy a graphQL server with docker and fly
    8 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2021
    Express GraphQL is a library for building production ready GraphQL HTTP middleware. Despite the emphasis on Express in the repo name, you can create a GraphQL HTTP server with any HTTP web framework that supports connect styled middleware. This includes Connect itself, Express and Restify.
  • What is your current stack?
    20 projects | /r/node | 3 Apr 2021
    Is express still the go-to HTTP server? How are hapi and restify doing? Has koa ever really picked up? Is there any new cool stuff to watch out for (fastify, anyone)?
  • Are you using promises and async / await safely in Node.js?
    5 projects | dev.to | 9 Mar 2021
    Restify - No native support yet. Support merged mid-2020, scheduled for a v9 release.

Express

Posts with mentions or reviews of Express. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-23.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Restify and Express you can also consider the following projects:

Next.js - The React Framework

SvelteKit - web development, streamlined

Nuxt.js - Nuxt is an intuitive and extendable way to create type-safe, performant and production-grade full-stack web apps and websites with Vue 3. [Moved to: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt]

AdonisJs Application

fastify - Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

Nest - A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

loopback-next - LoopBack makes it easy to build modern API applications that require complex integrations.

json-server - Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

Meteor JS - Meteor, the JavaScript App Platform

Moleculer - :rocket: Progressive microservices framework for Node.js

Koa - Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions