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 Sep 07 2026 05:08:58 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
connect 3.7.0 ✗ 99171.2 9.58 17.68
polkadot 1.0.0 ✗ 98859.2 9.62 17.63
0http 3.5.3 ✓ 97262.4 9.79 17.35
server-base 7.1.32 ✗ 96539.2 9.86 17.22
polka 0.5.2 ✓ 96532.8 9.87 17.22
bare 10.13.0 ✗ 95692.8 9.96 17.06
server-base-router 7.1.32 ✓ 95577.6 9.97 17.04
restana 4.9.9 ✓ 93073.6 10.24 16.60
fastify 4.29.1 ✓ 92864.0 10.28 16.65
foxify 0.10.20 ✓ 92292.8 10.34 15.14
connect-router 1.3.8 ✓ 91699.2 10.41 16.35
yeps 1.1.1 ✗ 90678.4 10.53 16.17
h3-router 0.8.6 ✓ 90484.8 10.56 14.84
micro 9.4.1 ✗ 90288.0 10.58 16.10
h3 0.8.6 ✗ 88979.2 10.75 14.60
micro-route 2.5.0 ✓ 87236.8 10.97 15.56
trek-router 1.2.0 ✓ 76238.8 12.62 12.51
trek-engine 1.0.5 ✗ 75478.8 12.75 12.38
vapr 0.6.0 ✓ 74811.6 12.87 12.27
total.js 3.4.13 ✓ 70404.4 13.71 21.55
take-five 2.0.0 ✓ 69044.0 13.99 24.82
yeps-router 1.2.0 ✓ 66565.6 14.52 11.87
koa 2.16.4 ✗ 64938.4 14.91 11.58
spirit 0.6.1 ✗ 62414.4 15.53 11.13
spirit-router 0.5.0 ✓ 62240.8 15.57 11.10
koa-isomorphic-router 1.0.1 ✓ 59783.2 16.24 10.66
restify 8.6.1 ✓ 57902.4 16.77 10.44
koa-router 12.0.1 ✓ 55461.6 17.53 9.89
hapi 20.3.0 ✓ 52103.2 18.70 9.29
microrouter 3.1.3 ✓ 50326.4 19.37 8.97
trpc-router 9.27.4 ✓ 43000.0 22.76 9.51
egg.js 3.34.0 ✓ 23381.2 42.25 8.36
express 4.22.2 ✓ 20451.3 48.38 3.65
express-with-middlewares 4.22.2 ✓ 18446.2 53.69 6.86
fastify-big-json 4.29.1 ✓ 15151.6 65.48 174.32
express-route-prefix 4.22.2 ✓ 13731.0 72.28 5.08
rayo 1.4.6 ✓ N/A N/A N/A
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