π¦ tinyhttp now has a Deno port (work in progress)
tinyhttp is a modern Express-like web framework written in TypeScript and compiled to native ESM, that uses a bare minimum amount of dependencies trying to avoid legacy hell.
Here is a short list of most important features that tinyhttp has:
- β‘ 2x faster than Express
- β Full Express middleware support
- βͺ Async middleware support
- β Native ESM and CommonJS support
- π No legacy dependencies, just the JavaScript itself
- π¨ Types out of the box
- π₯ Prebuilt middleware for modern Node.js
Visit tinyhttp website for docs, guides and middleware search.
tinyhttp requires Node.js 12.4.0 or newer. It is recommended to use pnpm, although it isn't required.
# npm
npm i @tinyhttp/app
# pnpm
pnpm i @tinyhttp/app
# yarn
yarn add @tinyhttp/appYou can see the documentation here.
Create a new project using tinyhttp CLI:
pnpm i -g @tinyhttp/cli
tinyhttp new basic my-app
cd my-appThe app structure is quite similar to Express, except that you need to import App from @tinyhttp/app instead of default import from express.
import { App } from '@tinyhttp/app'
import { logger } from '@tinyhttp/logger'
const app = new App()
app
.use(logger())
.use(function someMiddleware(req, res, next) {
console.log('Did a request')
next()
})
.get('/', (_, res) => {
res.send('<h1>Hello World</h1>')
})
.get('/page/:page/', (req, res) => {
res.status(200).send(`You just opened ${req.params.page}`)
})
.listen(3000)See tinyhttp "Learn" page for complete guide.
tinyhttp offers a list of premade middleware for common tasks, such as session, logger and jwt.
Search and explore the full list at middleware search page.
See COMPARISON.md.
Check benchmark folder.
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
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