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 Nov 17 2025 02:56:03 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
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	68153.6	14.18	12.16
0http	3.5.3	✓	66203.2	14.61	11.81
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	66075.6	14.63	10.84
h3	0.8.6	✗	62542.4	15.50	10.26
restana	4.9.9	✓	61252.8	15.85	10.92
foxify	0.10.20	✓	60694.4	15.98	9.96
bare	10.13.0	✗	58556.0	16.58	10.44
polka	0.5.2	✓	56430.4	17.22	10.06
fastify	4.29.1	✓	56335.2	17.26	10.10
micro	9.4.1	✗	56265.6	17.28	10.03
connect	3.7.0	✗	54195.2	17.95	9.66
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	53140.0	18.32	9.48
server-base	7.1.32	✗	53065.6	18.35	9.46
yeps	1.1.1	✗	51836.0	18.79	9.24
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	49793.6	19.59	8.88
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	49354.4	19.77	8.80
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	46137.6	21.17	7.57
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	45656.8	21.41	7.49
vapr	0.6.0	✓	44170.4	22.14	7.25
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	42924.0	22.80	7.65
koa	2.16.3	✗	42491.2	23.04	7.58
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	40172.0	24.38	7.16
spirit	0.6.1	✗	39796.0	24.63	7.10
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	39189.8	25.02	6.99
restify	8.6.1	✓	38649.4	25.38	6.97
total.js	3.4.13	✓	38599.2	25.40	11.82
take-five	2.0.0	✓	37213.8	26.37	13.38
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	36123.4	27.19	6.44
hapi	20.3.0	✓	33636.2	29.23	6.00
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	31426.4	31.31	5.60
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	26162.8	37.70	5.79
egg.js	3.31.0	✓	17221.1	57.54	6.16
express	4.21.2	✓	13685.6	72.52	2.44
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	12579.0	78.95	144.72
express-with-middlewares	4.21.2	✓	12375.4	80.24	4.60
express-route-prefix	4.21.2	✓	10923.0	90.97	4.04
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A