Express.js Alternatives

The best alternatives to Express.js

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Hono
Hono

Web framework built on Web Standards for Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, Vercel, Node.js, and others. Fast, but not only fast.

Sails.js
Sails.js

Sails.js makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. It is designed to resemble the MVC architecture from frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the more modern, data-oriented style of web app development. It's especially good for building realtime features like chat.

NestJS
NestJS

NestJS is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js web applications. It uses modern JavaScript, is built with TypeScript and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming).

h3
h3

H(TTP) server framework built for high performance and portability running in any JavaScript runtime.

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

Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

hapi.dev
hapi.dev

Build powerful, scalable applications, with minimal overhead and full out-of-the-box functionality - your code, your way. Originally developed to handle Walmart’s Black Friday scale, hapi continues to be the proven choice for enterprise-grade backend needs.

AdonisJS
AdonisJS

AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first web framework for building web apps and API servers. It comes with support for testing, modern tooling, an ecosystem of official packages, and more.