Alternatives to Express
6 alternatives found
Express.js is a minimal, unopinionated web framework for Node.js, created by TJ Holowaychuk and released in 2010. Express is the most downloaded npm package after the Node.js core modules and forms the backbone of the MEAN/MERN stacks.
Fastify
2-3x faster than Express with TypeScript-first design and built-in schema validation
NestJS
Opinionated Angular-inspired framework — modules, DI, decorators for large teams
Hono
Ultra-lightweight web framework running on Edge runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, Bun, Deno)
Koa
Express successor by same creator — modern async/await without callbacks
FastAPI
Python equivalent with automatic OpenAPI docs and type validation
Gin
Go microframework — significantly faster for high-throughput APIs
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