_{⚡ Tiny web framework as a replacement of Express}

tinyhttp is a modern Express-like web framework written in TypeScript and compiled to native ESM with a minimal install and runtime footprint. tinyhttp doesn't depend on any polyfills or any other compatibility layers and targets recent Node.js versions.

Features

⚙ Express middleware compat
↪ Async error handling support
☑ ESM-only
🚀 No legacy compat or useless polyfills
🤏 Minimal dependencies (3x less than express v5)
🔨 Types out of the box
🔥 Middlewares for common tasks

Visit tinyhttp website for docs, guides and middleware search.

Install

Node.js 16+ is required.

pnpm i @tinyhttp/app

Donate

You can donate with fiat or crypto here.

Sponsors

Contributing

There are many ways to contribute:

Submit bugs or feature requests
Adding a new feature or addressing bugs yourself
Review documentation and fix typos or add new content

For ways to contribute, please see the documentation.