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 May 11 2026 05:03:41 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
0http	3.5.3	✓	74871.6	12.86	13.35
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	74444.8	12.93	13.28
bare	10.13.0	✗	72926.0	13.21	13.01
polka	0.5.2	✓	71189.2	13.55	12.70
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	70503.6	13.68	11.57
h3	0.8.6	✗	70179.6	13.75	11.51
foxify	0.10.20	✓	69787.6	13.84	11.45
connect	3.7.0	✗	69566.8	13.88	12.41
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	68524.4	14.10	12.22
server-base	7.1.32	✗	68386.0	14.13	12.19
restana	4.9.9	✓	67950.0	14.23	12.12
micro	9.4.1	✗	67106.0	14.40	11.97
yeps	1.1.1	✗	66082.8	14.63	11.79
fastify	4.29.1	✓	65953.6	14.66	11.82
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	63741.6	15.19	11.37
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	61137.6	15.86	10.90
vapr	0.6.0	✓	58145.6	16.71	9.54
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	55672.0	17.46	9.13
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	54503.2	17.85	8.94
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	52794.4	18.44	9.42
total.js	3.4.13	✓	51738.4	18.83	15.84
take-five	2.0.0	✓	51642.4	18.87	18.57
koa	2.16.4	✗	50520.0	19.29	9.01
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	46881.6	20.83	8.36
restify	8.6.1	✓	45664.0	21.40	8.23
spirit	0.6.1	✗	45142.4	21.70	8.05
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	44475.2	21.98	7.93
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	42956.8	22.76	7.66
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	41074.2	23.85	7.32
hapi	20.3.0	✓	37925.4	25.86	6.76
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	31457.6	31.29	6.96
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	19205.9	51.54	6.87
express	4.22.1	✓	15886.6	62.40	2.83
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	15142.4	65.50	5.63
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12777.2	77.72	147.01
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	12166.8	81.63	4.50
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A