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 Jul 13 2026 04:34:09 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 ✓ 73832.4 13.06 13.17
bare 10.13.0 ✗ 72179.6 13.36 12.87
polka 0.5.2 ✓ 71449.2 13.50 12.74
h3 0.8.6 ✗ 70538.8 13.66 11.57
connect 3.7.0 ✗ 69058.8 13.98 12.32
restana 4.9.9 ✓ 68214.0 14.18 12.17
h3-router 0.8.6 ✓ 68089.6 14.19 11.17
polkadot 1.0.0 ✗ 67822.4 14.25 12.09
foxify 0.10.20 ✓ 67359.2 14.35 11.05
fastify 4.29.1 ✓ 66558.4 14.53 11.93
micro 9.4.1 ✗ 66090.8 14.63 11.79
server-base 7.1.32 ✗ 65955.2 14.66 11.76
server-base-router 7.1.32 ✓ 65857.6 14.69 11.74
yeps 1.1.1 ✗ 64714.4 14.95 11.54
connect-router 1.3.8 ✓ 63073.2 15.36 11.25
micro-route 2.5.0 ✓ 58994.4 16.45 10.52
vapr 0.6.0 ✓ 57286.4 16.96 9.40
trek-engine 1.0.5 ✗ 54744.8 17.77 8.98
trek-router 1.2.0 ✓ 54316.8 17.91 8.91
yeps-router 1.2.0 ✓ 51600.8 18.89 9.20
total.js 3.4.13 ✓ 51529.6 18.91 15.77
take-five 2.0.0 ✓ 50473.6 19.31 18.15
koa 2.16.4 ✗ 50228.8 19.41 8.96
koa-isomorphic-router 1.0.1 ✓ 46244.8 21.14 8.25
restify 8.6.1 ✓ 45268.0 21.60 8.16
spirit 0.6.1 ✗ 44413.6 21.94 7.92
koa-router 12.0.1 ✓ 44140.8 22.15 7.87
spirit-router 0.5.0 ✓ 42709.6 22.93 7.62
microrouter 3.1.3 ✓ 40709.8 24.07 7.26
hapi 20.3.0 ✓ 39131.0 25.06 6.98
trpc-router 9.27.4 ✓ 31869.2 30.88 7.05
egg.js 3.34.0 ✓ 18778.1 52.73 6.72
express 4.22.2 ✓ 16174.0 61.30 2.88
express-with-middlewares 4.22.2 ✓ 15434.6 64.26 5.74
fastify-big-json 4.29.1 ✓ 12840.0 77.34 147.74
express-route-prefix 4.22.2 ✓ 12385.0 80.17 4.58
rayo 1.4.6 ✓ N/A N/A N/A
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