TL;DR

• Fastify is a fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js.
• This package shows how fast it is comparatively.
• For metrics (cold-start) see metrics.md

Installing

npm i -g fastify-benchmarks

Usage

benchmark [arguments (optional)]

Arguments

• -h: Help on how to use the tool.
• compare: Get comparative data for your benchmarks.

You may also compare all test results, at once, in a single table; benchmark compare -t

You can also extend the comparison table with percentage values based on fastest result; benchmark compare -p

Benchmarks

• undefinedMachine: linux x64 | 4 vCPUs | 15.6GB Mem
• undefinedNode: v14.21.3
• undefinedRun: Mon Mar 30 2026 04:19:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
• undefinedMethod: autocannon -c 100 -d 40 -p 10 localhost:3000 (two rounds; one to warm-up, one to measure)

	Version	Router	Requests/s	Latency (ms)	Throughput/Mb
0http	3.5.3	✓	68603.2	14.07	12.23
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	67480.0	14.33	12.03
h3	0.8.6	✗	63268.0	15.31	10.38
restana	4.9.9	✓	62626.4	15.46	11.17
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	61863.2	15.68	10.15
bare	10.13.0	✗	61654.4	15.72	10.99
polka	0.5.2	✓	60152.0	16.13	10.73
foxify	0.10.20	✓	59192.8	16.40	9.71
micro	9.4.1	✗	58301.6	16.66	10.40
server-base	7.1.32	✗	57546.4	16.87	10.26
connect	3.7.0	✗	57387.2	16.92	10.23
fastify	4.29.1	✓	56702.4	17.13	10.17
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	54844.0	17.74	9.78
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	51906.4	18.77	9.26
yeps	1.1.1	✗	51650.4	18.86	9.21
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	50122.4	19.46	8.94
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	48106.4	20.29	7.89
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	48084.8	20.30	7.89
vapr	0.6.0	✓	46001.6	21.24	7.55
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	43768.0	22.35	7.80
koa	2.16.4	✗	43196.8	22.64	7.70
spirit	0.6.1	✗	41084.0	23.84	7.33
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	40896.8	23.96	7.29
take-five	2.0.0	✓	39851.8	24.60	14.33
total.js	3.4.13	✓	39826.4	24.61	12.19
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	39613.4	24.74	7.06
restify	8.6.1	✓	39341.4	24.91	7.09
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	36967.0	26.55	6.59
hapi	20.3.0	✓	33035.8	29.76	5.89
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	32345.6	30.41	5.77
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	27024.0	36.50	5.98
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	17814.0	55.58	6.37
express	4.22.1	✓	13434.6	73.90	2.40
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	12359.0	80.34	4.60
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12253.4	81.05	140.98
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	10735.4	92.58	3.97
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A