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 Feb 02 2026 03:43:31 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	✓	82729.6	11.59	14.75
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	78321.6	12.26	13.97
bare	10.13.0	✗	76250.8	12.62	13.60
foxify	0.10.20	✓	76190.4	12.63	12.50
h3	0.8.6	✗	75361.6	12.77	12.36
polka	0.5.2	✓	72657.2	13.27	12.96
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	72538.8	13.29	11.90
connect	3.7.0	✗	72029.2	13.39	12.85
restana	4.9.9	✓	71450.0	13.51	12.74
micro	9.4.1	✗	70526.0	13.68	12.58
fastify	4.29.1	✓	70414.0	13.71	12.62
yeps	1.1.1	✗	67501.2	14.32	12.04
server-base	7.1.32	✗	66986.8	14.43	11.95
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	66650.4	14.51	11.89
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	66369.2	14.57	11.84
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	63662.8	15.21	11.35
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	59168.8	16.40	9.71
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	59051.2	16.44	9.69
vapr	0.6.0	✓	59036.8	16.44	9.68
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	56666.4	17.15	10.11
koa	2.16.3	✗	53644.8	18.14	9.57
take-five	2.0.0	✓	50291.2	19.38	18.08
spirit	0.6.1	✗	49999.2	19.50	8.92
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	49628.8	19.64	8.85
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	49174.4	19.84	8.77
total.js	3.4.13	✓	48661.6	20.05	14.90
restify	8.6.1	✓	46778.4	20.88	8.43
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	45877.6	21.30	8.18
hapi	20.3.0	✓	40951.8	23.92	7.30
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	39420.8	24.87	7.03
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	31974.8	30.77	7.07
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	20087.2	49.26	7.18
express	4.22.1	✓	16051.7	61.76	2.86
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	15209.8	65.20	5.66
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	13509.2	73.47	155.43
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	12506.8	79.40	4.63
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A