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Hono — build around Web Standards and deploy across JavaScript runtimes

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Stars
32,289
Primary language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Repository last updated
Sep 20, 2026

Overview

Hono is a TypeScript web framework centered on Web Standard APIs. A compact router and middleware model can run across Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and other supported runtimes.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Define HTTP endpoints through a compact router API

Routes such as app.get() provide a small API while keeping request and response handling close to web-platform conventions.

Sources: [2][3]

Combine middleware with runtime adapters

Authentication, CORS, and other middleware can be paired with deployment adapters from edge runtimes to Node.js.

Sources: [2][3]

For API platforms spanning edge/serverless and Node.js

It fits applications that want Web Standard primitives while retaining a choice of deployment runtimes.

Sources: [2]

Runtime-specific APIs reduce portability

Using platform-specific KV, filesystem, Lambda event, or similar features creates adapter work when moving between runtimes.

Sources: [3]

Official sources

  1. [1]honojs/hono repository(2026-09-21)
  2. [2]Hono README(2026-09-21)
  3. [3]Hono documentation(2026-09-21)
  4. [4]hono package(2026-09-21)
  5. [5]Hono MIT license(2026-09-21)
Supplemental curator note

Hono is currently 4.13.8. Its core is designed around Web Standards such as Request and Response so application code can target Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, AWS Lambda, and other environments. Runtime-specific bindings still need to be isolated when portability matters.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Create a Hono project

    Use the official Quick Start and select the target runtime or template.

    npm create hono@latest
  2. 2

    Install project dependencies

    Enter the generated project and install its dependencies.

    cd <project-directory> && npm install
  3. 3

    Start the development server

    Run the template-specific dev server and verify the Hono route response.

    npm run dev
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • cloudflare
  • web-framework
  • cloudflare-workers
  • npm
  • router
  • deno
  • bun
  • aws-lambda
  • typescript
Stars
32,289
Forks
1,330
Watchers
91
Open issues
267
Contributors
358
Primary language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Repository last updated
Sep 20, 2026
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