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 20 2026 04:41:42 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 ✓ 64590.8 14.99 11.52
polkadot 1.0.0 ✗ 64374.4 15.03 11.48
h3 0.8.6 ✗ 61914.4 15.66 10.16
h3-router 0.8.6 ✓ 61687.2 15.72 10.12
bare 10.13.0 ✗ 57634.4 16.86 10.28
restana 4.9.9 ✓ 57427.2 16.92 10.24
polka 0.5.2 ✓ 57145.6 17.00 10.19
foxify 0.10.20 ✓ 57118.4 17.01 9.37
micro 9.4.1 ✗ 55271.2 17.60 9.86
connect 3.7.0 ✗ 54185.6 17.96 9.66
fastify 4.29.1 ✓ 53763.2 18.10 9.64
server-base 7.1.32 ✗ 52633.6 18.50 9.39
server-base-router 7.1.32 ✓ 52282.4 18.63 9.32
yeps 1.1.1 ✗ 49900.0 19.54 8.90
connect-router 1.3.8 ✓ 48528.8 20.11 8.65
micro-route 2.5.0 ✓ 48331.2 20.20 8.62
trek-router 1.2.0 ✓ 45637.8 21.42 7.49
trek-engine 1.0.5 ✗ 45452.6 21.51 7.46
vapr 0.6.0 ✓ 44826.4 21.81 7.35
yeps-router 1.2.0 ✓ 42418.4 23.08 7.56
spirit 0.6.1 ✗ 41484.8 23.61 7.40
spirit-router 0.5.0 ✓ 40631.2 24.12 7.25
koa 2.16.4 ✗ 39166.6 25.03 6.98
koa-isomorphic-router 1.0.1 ✓ 37784.2 25.96 6.74
take-five 2.0.0 ✓ 37712.6 26.01 13.56
total.js 3.4.13 ✓ 37369.8 26.26 11.44
restify 8.6.1 ✓ 37172.6 26.40 6.70
koa-router 12.0.1 ✓ 34530.6 28.46 6.16
hapi 20.3.0 ✓ 31602.8 31.14 5.64
microrouter 3.1.3 ✓ 30733.2 32.03 5.48
trpc-router 9.27.4 ✓ 26218.0 37.64 5.80
egg.js 3.34.0 ✓ 17362.3 57.08 6.21
express 4.22.2 ✓ 12737.6 77.93 2.27
fastify-big-json 4.29.1 ✓ 12203.6 81.40 140.41
express-with-middlewares 4.22.2 ✓ 11835.8 83.93 4.40
express-route-prefix 4.22.2 ✓ 9791.5 101.52 3.62
rayo 1.4.6 ✓ N/A N/A N/A
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