connect VS Express

Compare connect vs Express and see what are their differences.

connect

Connect is a middleware layer for Node.js (by senchalabs)

Express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node. (by expressjs)
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connect Express
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9,763 63,771
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0.0 8.3
about 2 years ago 1 day ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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connect

Posts with mentions or reviews of connect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-01.
  • How to get rid of Connect 3.0 deprecation alert?
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 21 Apr 2022
    connect.multipart() will be removed in connect 3.0visit https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/wiki/Connect-3.0 for alternativesconnect.limit() will be removed in connect 3.0Express server listening on port 3000 The app works, that's fine. But when I clone an app created in other computer I don't get that message, so I'm supposing I have something outdated in my computer.
  • Resty: a tiny, radix-tree based library for building RESTful APIs
    3 projects | dev.to | 1 Nov 2021
    Right now you're thinking "but this doesn't support middleware, how would I enable cors?" Well, resty is just a good old request handler, so you could actually combine it with connect.
  • 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.

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 2024-04-21.

What are some alternatives?

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

express-graphql - Create a GraphQL HTTP server with Express.

Next.js - The React Framework

openmrs-core - OpenMRS API and web application code

SvelteKit - web development, streamlined

Restify - The future of Node.js REST development

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]

flyctl - Command line tools for fly.io services

AdonisJs Application

typed - Fast, tiny and type-safe runtime validation library.

ajcwebdev

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