Hono vs. H3 vs. HatTip vs. Elysia - modern server(less) replacements for Express

• Koa

  71 34,837 5.4 JavaScript

  Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions

  

Since "Express.js is an old framework that has not evolved for a long time. It's not a good choice for new projects since it can easily lead to security issues and memory leaks." -- H3. Which is also the case for Koa.

• fastify-edge

  2 92 2.6 JavaScript

  Use Fastify idioms for writing Cloudflare Workers and Bun servers

The focus here will be on those frameworks which support running service workers on the server-side and the modern Fetch API standard, so they can be run in Serverless and Edge environments (Cloudflare Workers etc.). So Fastify didn't make the cut for this article, even though it has a 2 year old experiment called fastify-edge. (But they wrote an excellent piece about the evolution from Node to Worker Environments that I recommend reading afterwards.)

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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