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hono

Web framework built on Web Standards

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Ultra-fast TypeScript web framework that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Bun, Deno, and Node. ~18k stars and one of the most-loved frameworks in 2026 State of JS. The right pick if Express feels old and you want edge-first performance with great TS DX.

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You're building APIs and want edge runtime support with first-class TypeScript.

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You need a full-stack framework with views — Next.js or SvelteKit are more complete.

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Hono - means flame🔥 in Japanese - is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards. It works on any JavaScript runtime: Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, Vercel, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, and Node.js.

Fast, but not only fast.

import { Hono } from 'hono'
const app = new Hono()

app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hono!'))

export default app

Quick Start

npm create hono@latest

Features

Ultrafast 🚀 - The router RegExpRouter is really fast. Not using linear loops. Fast.
Lightweight 🪶 - The hono/tiny preset is under 12kB. Hono has zero dependencies and uses only the Web Standard API.
Multi-runtime 🌍 - Works on Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, or Node.js. The same code runs on all platforms.
Batteries Included 🔋 - Hono has built-in middleware, custom middleware, and third-party middleware. Batteries included.
Delightful DX 😃 - Super clean APIs. First-class TypeScript support. Now, we've got "Types".

Documentation

The documentation is available on hono.dev.

Migration

The migration guide is available on docs/MIGRATION.md.

Communication

X and Discord channel are available.

Contributing

Contributions Welcome! You can contribute in the following ways.

Create an Issue - Propose a new feature. Report a bug.
Pull Request - Fix a bug or typo. Refactor the code.
Create third-party middleware - See instructions below.
Share - Share your thoughts on the Blog, X, and others.
Make your application - Please try to use Hono.

For more details, see docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.

Contributors

Thanks to all contributors!

Authors

Yusuke Wada https://github.com/yusukebe

RegExpRouter, SmartRouter, LinearRouter, and PatternRouter are created by Taku Amano https://github.com/usualoma

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.