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 Feb 09 2026 03:44:34 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	✓	70542.8	13.68	12.58
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	68171.2	14.17	12.16
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	65716.8	14.72	10.78
h3	0.8.6	✗	64804.4	14.93	10.63
restana	4.9.9	✓	60070.4	16.17	10.71
foxify	0.10.20	✓	59212.0	16.39	9.71
bare	10.13.0	✗	58154.4	16.70	10.37
polka	0.5.2	✓	57258.4	16.96	10.21
connect	3.7.0	✗	56989.6	17.06	10.16
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	55981.6	17.36	9.98
server-base	7.1.32	✗	55283.2	17.59	9.86
micro	9.4.1	✗	54688.8	17.79	9.75
fastify	4.29.1	✓	54426.4	17.87	9.76
yeps	1.1.1	✗	52276.0	18.63	9.32
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	49995.2	19.50	8.92
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	49972.0	19.52	8.91
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	48039.2	20.31	7.88
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	46616.8	20.95	7.65
vapr	0.6.0	✓	45788.8	21.33	7.51
spirit	0.6.1	✗	44325.6	22.08	7.91
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	44220.0	22.12	7.89
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	43850.4	22.29	7.82
koa	2.16.3	✗	41949.6	23.34	7.48
total.js	3.4.13	✓	39613.0	24.74	12.13
take-five	2.0.0	✓	38699.0	25.34	13.91
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	38364.6	25.57	6.84
restify	8.6.1	✓	38228.2	25.66	6.89
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	35927.0	27.33	6.41
hapi	20.3.0	✓	33106.6	29.71	5.90
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	31482.8	31.26	5.61
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	26974.4	36.57	5.97
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	17434.0	56.84	6.24
express	4.22.1	✓	13234.2	75.02	2.36
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12448.0	79.77	143.21
express-with-middlewares	4.22.1	✓	12202.8	81.38	4.54
express-route-prefix	4.22.1	✓	10926.1	90.96	4.04
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A