# Hono

> Tiny TypeScript web framework that runs on every runtime

**Category:** Libraries  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://hono.dev  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/honojs/hono  
**Added:** 2026-09-03

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## The Hook

Hono is Express if Express had been designed for Workers, Deno, Bun, and Node at once.

## What's Good

MIT. One API across Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node, and AWS Lambda. Middleware, JSX, validation, and RPC helpers without a framework tax. The docs are short on purpose. If you are writing an API, not a full Next.js app, this is the default.

## The Catch

Not Next.js. No filesystem router, no RSC, no batteries. You bring auth, ORM, and deploy. The Cloudflare-first energy is real — Node works, but the happy path is an edge runtime.

## Verdict

The TypeScript HTTP framework when Next is the wrong shape.