Polka
Minimal HTTP server framework for Node.js with routing, middleware and sub-applications.
Polka is an HTTP server framework for Node.js. It is a native HTTP server with routing, middleware and sub-applications added. Its README presents it as an Express.js alternative, and it extends Trouter, the routing library, to inherit that library’s API.
Calling listen boots the underlying HTTP server. The package is installed with npm.
Worth knowing
The highest stable release is in the 0.x line. The newest pre-release is a build of version 1.0.0.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Luke Edwards3
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20185
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- npm install polka2
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-22: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/lukeed/polka - 2026-10-22: links, Categories, Install with
github.com/lukeed/polka/blob/main/readme.md - 2026-10-22: Maintainer, License model
github.com/lukeed/polka/blob/main/license - 2026-10-22: Runtime, Current major version, Last release
registry.npmjs.org/polka - 2026-10-22: First release
api.github.com/repos/lukeed/polka/releases - 2026-10-22: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/lukeed/polka/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-10-22: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/polka - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/polka