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Hono

Tiny TypeScript web framework that runs on every runtime

Libraries / Web Frameworks · OSS/MIT · 32.1k

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.

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