# restify

Node.js framework for building RESTful web services, with connect-style middleware.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/restify/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://restify.com
- repository: https://github.com/restify/node-restify

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: restify team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework, backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 12
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 10688
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 54945
- contributors: 187
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 17753
- dependentPackages: 1671

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/restify (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://github.com/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/restify/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://github.com/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify/releases/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/restify/node-restify/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/restify (read 2026-10-22)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/restify (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/restify (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

restify is a Node.js framework for building RESTful web services, and its README describes it as using connect-style middleware. The project presents itself as optimized for semantically correct REST services. An application is written in code and installed with npm.

The restify team maintains it.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0