# tinyhttp

Express-like web framework for Node.js, written in TypeScript and published as native ESM.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://tinyhttp.v1rtl.site
- repository: https://github.com/tinyhttp/tinyhttp
- docs: https://tinyhttp.v1rtl.site
- plugins: https://tinyhttp.v1rtl.site/docs/middleware

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: v 1 r t l
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: node, bun
- language: javascript
- runtime: node, bun
- runtimeMin: node 16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mongodb, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: Template engines registered per file extension, Eta documented
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pnpm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2909
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 372164
- contributors: 63
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 94
- dependentPackages: 56

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/master/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/master/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/website/HEAD/docs/getting-started.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/master/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@tinyhttp/app/latest (read 2026-10-22)
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- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/website/HEAD/docs/advanced.md (read 2026-10-22)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/website/HEAD/docs/advanced.md (read 2026-10-22)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/website/HEAD/docs/main-concepts.md (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinyhttp/website/HEAD/docs/middleware.md (read 2026-10-22)
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- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@tinyhttp/app (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tinyhttp/tinyhttp/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@tinyhttp/app (read 2026-10-22)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40tinyhttp%2Fapp (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40tinyhttp%2Fapp (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

tinyhttp is an Express-like web framework for Node.js and Bun, written in TypeScript and compiled to native ESM. Its README describes it as a replacement for Express. The docs list the differences: no static file server and no body parser, so those come from external middleware, and template engines are registered per file extension. The project keeps a [middleware list](https://tinyhttp.v1rtl.site/docs/middleware) on its site.

The [deployment guide](https://tinyhttp.v1rtl.site/docs/advanced) covers serverless platforms, and for a server of your own a process manager with a web server as reverse proxy. Its database examples include MongoDB and Postgres.

## Worth knowing

The getting-started page states a lower Node.js minimum than the README and the npm package for `@tinyhttp/app` do.

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