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 Apr 13 2026 04:33:43 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
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	71913.2	13.42	12.83
0http	3.5.3	✓	67599.2	14.30	12.05
restana	4.9.9	✓	62717.6	15.43	11.18
h3	0.8.6	✗	62700.0	15.46	10.29
bare	10.13.0	✗	61473.6	15.77	10.96
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	61120.8	15.88	10.03
foxify	0.10.20	✓	60723.2	15.97	9.96
polka	0.5.2	✓	59477.6	16.31	10.61
connect	3.7.0	✗	58767.2	16.53	10.48
micro	9.4.1	✗	58319.2	16.65	10.40
fastify	4.29.1	✓	57342.4	16.94	10.28
server-base	7.1.32	✗	56054.4	17.34	10.00
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	54844.0	17.73	9.78
yeps	1.1.1	✗	54150.4	17.97	9.66
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	51888.8	18.78	9.25
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	51669.6	18.85	9.21
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	49488.0	19.71	8.12
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	47945.6	20.36	7.86
vapr	0.6.0	✓	46322.4	21.09	7.60
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	45507.2	21.50	8.12
spirit	0.6.1	✗	45088.0	21.72	8.04
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	44760.0	21.85	7.98
koa	2.16.4	✗	42753.6	22.90	7.62
total.js	3.4.13	✓	40328.8	24.29	12.34
take-five	2.0.0	✓	39945.8	24.53	14.36
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	39923.8	24.56	7.12
restify	8.6.1	✓	39379.4	24.89	7.10
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	37119.4	26.43	6.62
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	33028.2	29.77	5.89
hapi	20.3.0	✓	32974.8	29.82	5.88
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	26830.4	36.77	5.94
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	17568.9	56.40	6.28
express	4.22.1	✓	13030.0	76.20	2.32
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	12535.6	79.21	4.66
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12437.2	79.85	143.08
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	10324.9	96.27	3.82
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A