Fastify: Detailed Overview & Metrics

v4.26.2(about 2 months ago)

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Fastify is a high-performance web framework for Node.js focused on speed and low overhead. It is designed to be highly efficient and lightweight, making it ideal for building fast and scalable web applications. Fastify boasts a low latency and high throughput, achieved through its use of a powerful plugin architecture and a schema-based approach for request validation. It also provides built-in support for features like logging, error handling, and serialization.

Compared to other popular Node.js frameworks like Express, Fastify offers better performance and lower memory consumption. It is actively maintained with regular updates and a growing community of contributors, making it a reliable choice for building modern web applications.

Alternatives:
express+
koa+
hapi+
restify+
polka+
micro+
sails+
egg+
nestjs+
adonisjs+

Tags: node.jsweb frameworkperformancescalabilitylow latency