Fastify
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Fastify is a performance-oriented backend web framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under an MIT License. Its development was inspired by Hapi and Express.[3]
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| Developer(s) | Platformatic, OpenJS and others |
| Initial release | September 2016[1] |
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| Written in | JavaScript |
| Platform | Node.js |
| Type | Web framework |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | fastify |
As a lightweight alternative to other Node.js web API frameworks,[4][5] benchmarks reveal it to be significantly faster.[6]
History
Fastify was conceived by Matteo Collina while working at NearForm in 2015. Collina and Tomas Della Vedova created Fastify in September 2016.[1] According to the Fastify GitHub repository, the initial release, version 0.1.0, was on October 17, 2016.[7]
Building upon the technical foundations of Fastify, Collina and Luca Maraschi create Platformatic in 2022, to support a "batteries-included" developer experience for building APIs (REST/OpenAPI or GraphQL).[8][9]
Features
Core features include:
- Concentration on high-performance
- Extensibility
- JSON Schema validated routing
- Logging
- Developer friendly
- TypeScript ready
Popularity
Fastify is used by Capital One, Walmart, American Express[1] and others.[10]
See also
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