Nitro Has a Free API — The Universal Server Engine Behind Nuxt and Beyond

What if your server framework worked the same way on Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, and AWS Lambda — with zero config changes? Nitro is the universal server engine that powers Nuxt 3 — but you can use it standalone for any project. Why Nitro Matters Every deployment target has its own API surface. Node uses req/res , Cloudflare has fetch , Lambda has event/context . Nitro abstracts all of them: Write once, deploy everywhere — same code runs on 15+ platforms Auto-imports — no manual import statements needed File-based routing — drop a file in routes/ , get an endpoint Built-in storage — unified key-value API across Redis, filesystem, Cloudflare KV Hot module replacement — instant dev server reload Quick Start # Create a Nitro project npx giget@latest nitro my-api cd my-api && npm install && npm run dev Create an API route: // routes/hello.ts export default defineEventHandler (( event ) => { const name = getQuery ( event ). name || " World " ; return { message : `Hello, ${ name