hono

Overview

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.

Installation

npm install hono

Core API / Usage

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

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

export default app

npm create hono@latest

Common Patterns

Key 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.

Example

npm create hono@latest

Configuration

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

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

export default app

Tips & Gotchas

• Includes built-in TypeScript type definitions.
• Current version: 4.12.4. Check the changelog when upgrading across major versions.