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

• Machine: linux x64 | 4 vCPUs | 15.6GB Mem
• Node: v14.21.3
• Run: Mon Jun 29 2026 05:40:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
• Method: 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	✓	74874.8	12.85	13.35
polkadot	1.0.0	✗	73435.6	13.12	13.10
h3	0.8.6	✗	71094.0	13.55	11.66
connect	3.7.0	✗	70742.8	13.64	12.62
polka	0.5.2	✓	70686.0	13.65	12.60
h3-router	0.8.6	✓	69860.4	13.81	11.46
bare	10.13.0	✗	69683.6	13.86	12.43
restana	4.9.9	✓	69177.2	13.98	12.34
foxify	0.10.20	✓	68348.4	14.14	11.21
fastify	4.29.1	✓	68062.0	14.19	12.20
server-base	7.1.32	✗	67082.4	14.41	11.96
server-base-router	7.1.32	✓	66499.2	14.54	11.86
micro	9.4.1	✗	65943.6	14.67	11.76
connect-router	1.3.8	✓	63722.4	15.20	11.36
yeps	1.1.1	✗	63289.2	15.31	11.29
micro-route	2.5.0	✓	61144.0	15.86	10.90
vapr	0.6.0	✓	58143.2	16.71	9.54
trek-engine	1.0.5	✗	56697.6	17.14	9.30
trek-router	1.2.0	✓	55106.4	17.65	9.04
yeps-router	1.2.0	✓	51896.8	18.76	9.26
koa	2.16.4	✗	51270.4	19.00	9.14
total.js	3.4.13	✓	51265.6	19.01	15.69
take-five	2.0.0	✓	51064.8	19.08	18.36
koa-isomorphic-router	1.0.1	✓	47038.4	20.76	8.39
restify	8.6.1	✓	45727.2	21.37	8.24
spirit	0.6.1	✗	43953.6	22.21	7.84
koa-router	12.0.1	✓	43844.8	22.31	7.82
spirit-router	0.5.0	✓	43361.6	22.57	7.73
microrouter	3.1.3	✓	41676.0	23.50	7.43
hapi	20.3.0	✓	38958.6	25.17	6.95
trpc-router	9.27.4	✓	32058.8	30.69	7.09
egg.js	3.34.0	✓	19319.6	51.23	6.91
express	4.22.2	✓	16920.1	58.57	3.02
express-with-middlewares	4.22.2	✓	15602.7	63.56	5.80
fastify-big-json	4.29.1	✓	13155.0	75.47	151.36
express-route-prefix	4.22.2	✓	12323.8	80.57	4.56
rayo	1.4.6	✓	N/A	N/A	N/A