# Hono

Web framework built on Web Standards that runs on any JavaScript runtime.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hono/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://hono.dev
- repository: https://github.com/honojs/hono
- docs: https://hono.dev/docs/
- x: https://x.com/honojs
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hono.dev
- discord: https://discord.gg/KMh2eNSdxV

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Yusuke Wada
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework, web-server
- hosting: node, deno, bun, static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node, deno, bun
- runtimeMin: node 16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm create hono@latest my-app

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 32592
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 44776538
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 60
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 668
- dependentPackages: 210

### Sources

- name: https://hono.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://hono.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/honojs/hono (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://hono.dev/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/honojs/hono/blob/v4.13.13/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/honojs/hono/blob/v4.13.13/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://hono.dev/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/honojs/hono/blob/v4.13.13/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/honojs/hono (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://hono.dev (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/hono/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://hono.dev/docs/getting-started/nodejs (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://hono.dev/docs/getting-started/nodejs (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/hono (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/honojs/hono (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/hono/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/hono (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://hono.dev/docs/helpers/ssg (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/hono (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/hono (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Hono is a web framework built on Web Standards, so one application can run on Cloudflare, Fastly, Deno, Bun, AWS or Node.js. The [documentation](https://hono.dev/docs/) describes it as similar to Express, without a frontend. Yusuke Wada and the Hono contributors hold the copyright.

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