TL;DR

• Fastify is a fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js.
• This package shows how fast it is comparatively.
• For metrics (cold-start) see metrics.md

Installing

npm i -g fastify-benchmarks

Usage

benchmark [arguments (optional)]

Arguments

• -h: Help on how to use the tool.
• compare: Get comparative data for your benchmarks.

You may also compare all test results, at once, in a single table; benchmark compare -t

You can also extend the comparison table with percentage values based on fastest result; benchmark compare -p

Benchmarks

• undefinedMachine: linux x64 | 4 vCPUs | 15.6GB Mem
• undefinedNode: v14.21.3
• undefinedRun: Mon Mar 23 2026 04:05:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
• undefinedMethod: autocannon -c 100 -d 40 -p 10 localhost:3000 (two rounds; one to warm-up, one to measure)

	Version	Router	Requests/s	Latency (ms)	Throughput/Mb
0http	3.5.3	✓	66243.6	14.61	11.81
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	64386.4	15.03	11.48
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	61239.2	15.84	10.04
h3	0.8.6	✗	60807.2	15.97	9.97
restana	4.9.9	✓	60371.2	16.09	10.77
bare	10.13.0	✗	59432.8	16.32	10.60
foxify	0.10.20	✓	58828.8	16.50	9.65
connect	3.7.0	✗	57365.6	16.93	10.23
polka	0.5.2	✓	57360.0	16.93	10.23
micro	9.4.1	✗	55937.6	17.38	9.97
fastify	4.29.1	✓	55528.8	17.51	9.96
server-base	7.1.32	✗	55405.6	17.55	9.88
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	54436.8	17.87	9.71
yeps	1.1.1	✗	52084.8	18.70	9.29
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	50108.0	19.46	8.94
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	49312.8	19.78	8.79
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	48628.0	20.07	7.98
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	47700.0	20.46	7.82
vapr	0.6.0	✓	46790.4	20.88	7.67
spirit	0.6.1	✗	43750.4	22.32	7.80
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	43386.4	22.55	7.74
koa	2.16.4	✗	41301.6	23.71	7.37
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	41190.4	23.80	7.35
total.js	3.4.13	✓	39319.4	24.93	12.04
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	38848.2	25.25	6.93
take-five	2.0.0	✓	38508.2	25.47	13.84
restify	8.6.1	✓	38203.0	25.68	6.89
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	36012.2	27.26	6.42
hapi	20.3.0	✓	31940.4	30.81	5.70
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	31675.2	31.08	5.65
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	26652.4	37.02	5.90
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	16914.2	58.59	6.05
express	4.22.1	✓	13668.0	72.63	2.44
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12577.6	78.96	144.73
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	12410.4	80.02	4.62
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	10572.2	94.02	3.91
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A