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title	tinyhttp
titleTemplate	title · 0-legacy, tiny & fast web framework as a replacement of Express
description	modern Express-like web framework written in TypeScript and compiled to native ESM with minimal dependencies.
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tinyhttp is a modern, lightweight and modular Express-like web framework for Node.js.

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npm i @tinyhttp/app

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coverage

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license

MIT

import { App } from '@tinyhttp/app'
import { logger } from '@tinyhttp/logger'

const app = new App()

app
  .use(logger())
  .get('/', (_, res) => void res.send('<h1>Hello World</h1>'))
  .get('/page/:page/', (req, res) => {
    res.status(200).send(req.params)
  })
  .listen(3000)

Features

• ⚙ Express middleware compat
• ↪ Async error handling support
• ☑ ESM-only
• 🚀 No legacy compat or useless polyfills
• 🤏 Minimal dependencies (3x less than express v5)
• 🔨 Types out of the box
• 🔥 Middlewares for common tasks

Sponsors

Support

Help support future development and make tinyhttp a sustainable open-source project:

• GitHub Sponsors
• Donate personally or become a contributor

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