Hono Has a Free Web Framework: Ultra-Fast HTTP Server That Runs Everywhere — Edge, Node, Deno, Bun, Workers

Express.js was built in 2010. It doesn't support async/await natively, has no built-in TypeScript types, and runs only on Node.js. You patch it with middleware and hope for the best. What if your web framework was built for 2026 — typed, fast, and ran on every JavaScript runtime? That's Hono. 14KB, middleware-based, runs on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, Vercel Edge, AWS Lambda, and more. Why Hono Over Express Feature Express Hono TypeScript Needs @types/express Native Runtime support Node.js only Node, Deno, Bun, Workers, Lambda Request routing speed ~8,000 req/s ~120,000 req/s Bundle size 1.7 MB 14 KB Async error handling Manual try/catch Built-in Middleware typing None Full type inference Quick Start npm create hono@latest my-app cd my-app && npm run dev Basic API import { Hono } from " hono " ; const app = new Hono (); app . get ( " / " , ( c ) => c . text ( " Hello Hono! " )); app . get ( " /users/:id " , ( c ) => { const id = c . req . param ( " id " ); return c . json (