Alexander Lichter

fastify-benchmarks

Fast and low overhead web framework fastify benchmarks.

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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

  • Machine: linux x64 | 4 vCPUs | 15.6GB Mem
  • Node: v14.21.3
  • Run: Mon Jun 22 2026 06:09:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
  • Method: 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
polkadot 1.0.0 ✗ 72567.6 13.29 12.94
bare 10.13.0 ✗ 70638.4 13.66 12.60
0http 3.5.3 ✓ 69553.2 13.88 12.40
foxify 0.10.20 ✓ 69430.0 13.91 11.39
polka 0.5.2 ✓ 69426.0 13.91 12.38
h3 0.8.6 ✗ 68208.0 14.16 11.19
connect 3.7.0 ✗ 67957.2 14.22 12.12
server-base-router 7.1.32 ✓ 67722.8 14.27 12.08
h3-router 0.8.6 ✓ 66766.0 14.49 10.95
fastify 4.29.1 ✓ 65868.0 14.69 11.81
restana 4.9.9 ✓ 65784.0 14.69 11.73
yeps 1.1.1 ✗ 65493.2 14.76 11.68
micro 9.4.1 ✗ 65390.8 14.80 11.66
server-base 7.1.32 ✗ 65140.4 14.85 11.62
connect-router 1.3.8 ✓ 62934.4 15.39 11.22
micro-route 2.5.0 ✓ 62530.0 15.50 11.15
vapr 0.6.0 ✓ 58839.2 16.50 9.65
trek-engine 1.0.5 ✗ 54083.2 18.00 8.87
trek-router 1.2.0 ✓ 53609.6 18.16 8.79
yeps-router 1.2.0 ✓ 51093.6 19.07 9.11
take-five 2.0.0 ✓ 49619.2 19.66 17.84
total.js 3.4.13 ✓ 49552.8 19.68 15.17
koa 2.16.4 ✗ 47733.6 20.45 8.51
koa-isomorphic-router 1.0.1 ✓ 46168.0 21.16 8.23
restify 8.6.1 ✓ 45503.2 21.48 8.20
koa-router 12.0.1 ✓ 43250.4 22.62 7.71
spirit 0.6.1 ✗ 43124.0 22.68 7.69
spirit-router 0.5.0 ✓ 40834.4 23.99 7.28
microrouter 3.1.3 ✓ 40326.4 24.29 7.19
hapi 20.3.0 ✓ 37329.4 26.29 6.66
trpc-router 9.27.4 ✓ 30624.2 32.15 6.78
egg.js 3.34.0 ✓ 18588.7 53.27 6.65
express 4.22.2 ✓ 16130.9 61.46 2.88
express-with-middlewares 4.22.2 ✓ 14992.4 66.17 5.58
fastify-big-json 4.29.1 ✓ 12854.0 77.27 147.89
express-route-prefix 4.22.2 ✓ 11884.0 83.60 4.40
rayo 1.4.6 ✓ N/A N/A N/A
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