- Fastify is a fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js.
- This package shows how fast it is compared to other JS frameworks: these benchmarks do not pretend to represent a real-world scenario, but they give a good indication of the framework overhead.
- The benchmarks are run automatically on GitHub actions, which means they run on virtual hardware that can suffer from the "noisy neighbor" effect; this means that the results can vary.
- For metrics (cold-start) see metrics.md
To be included in this list, the framework should captivate users' interest. We have identified the following minimal requirements:
- Ensure active usage: a minimum of 500 downloads per week
- Maintain an active repository with at least one event (comment, issue, PR) in the last month
- The framework must use the Node.js HTTP module
Clone this repo. Then
node ./benchmark [arguments (optional)]
-h: Help on how to use the tool.bench: Benchmark one or more modules.compare: Get comparative data for your benchmarks.
Create benchmark before comparing;
benchmark bench
You may also compare all test results, at once, in a single table;
benchmark compare -t
You can also extend the comparison table with percentage values based on fastest result;
benchmark compare -p
- Machine: linux x64 | 4 vCPUs | 15.6GB Mem
- Node:
v24.15.0 - Run: Thu May 07 2026 15:34:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Method:
autocannon -c 100 -d 40 -p 10 localhost:3000(two rounds; one to warm-up, one to measure)
| Version | Router | Requests/s | Latency (ms) | Throughput/Mb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| h3 | 1.15.11 | ✗ | 51097.6 | 19.09 | 9.11 |
| h3-router | 1.15.11 | ✓ | 50880.8 | 19.15 | 9.07 |
| 0http | 4.4.0 | ✓ | 50176.0 | 19.41 | 8.95 |
| restana | v6.0.0 | ✓ | 49060.8 | 19.92 | 12.35 |
| node-http | v24.15.0 | ✗ | 48777.6 | 20.02 | 8.70 |
| micro | 10.0.1 | ✗ | 48211.2 | 20.23 | 8.60 |
| polka | 0.5.2 | ✓ | 47339.2 | 20.65 | 8.44 |
| fastify | 5.8.5 | ✓ | 47321.6 | 20.61 | 8.48 |
| connect | 3.7.0 | ✗ | 47316.0 | 20.60 | 8.44 |
| connect-router | 2.2.0 | ✓ | 43456.0 | 22.50 | 7.75 |
| hono | 4.12.18 | ✓ | 41224.0 | 23.80 | 6.76 |
| whatwg-node-server | 0.10.18 | ✗ | 40375.0 | 24.26 | 7.20 |
| koa | 3.2.0 | ✗ | 36648.2 | 26.80 | 6.54 |
| hapi | 21.4.9 | ✓ | 35564.2 | 27.63 | 6.34 |
| adonisjs | 7.8.1 | ✓ | 35067.4 | 28.01 | 6.25 |
| koa-router | 15.5.0 | ✓ | 34575.8 | 28.43 | 6.17 |
| express | 5.2.1 | ✓ | 28181.6 | 34.98 | 5.03 |
| srvx | 0.11.15 | ✗ | 28080.4 | 35.09 | 5.46 |
| microrouter | 3.1.3 | ✓ | 26030.4 | 37.90 | 4.64 |
| express-with-middlewares | 5.2.1 | ✓ | 24033.6 | 41.10 | 8.94 |
| fastify-big-json | 5.8.5 | ✓ | 13937.4 | 71.20 | 160.37 |
| trpc-router | 11.17.0 | ✓ | 9376.0 | 106.05 | 2.14 |
| restify | 11.1.0 | ✓ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
