connect VS Restify

Compare connect vs Restify and see what are their differences.

connect

Connect is a middleware layer for Node.js (by senchalabs)
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connect Restify
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9,763 10,697
0.2% 0.0%
0.0 5.6
about 2 years ago 3 months 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 But when I clone an app created in other computer I don't get that message, so I'm supposing I have something outdated in my computer.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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

openmrs-core - OpenMRS API and web application code

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

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

flyctl - Command line tools for fly.io services

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

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

fastify-express - Express compatibility layer for Fastify

ajcwebdev

Next.js - The React Framework