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jaredhanson/connect-flash

Flash message middleware for Connect and Express. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jaredhanson/connect-flash · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5283
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 827
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1236 stars · 173 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

connect-flash is a middleware for Connect and Express that provides flash messages stored in the session and cleared after display. It restores the flash functionality removed in Express 3.x and works with any middleware-compatible framework.

Use cases

  • show success or error messages after a redirect in Express
  • display one-time notifications to users across page loads
  • add flash message support to Express 3.x apps
  • show form validation feedback after POST-redirect-get
  • display login failure messages with Passport

When to choose

  • you use Express 3.x or Connect and need session-based flash messages
  • you want messages that persist through a redirect and disappear after display

When to avoid

  • you use Express 4/5, where req.flash is often replaced by other session-based flash packages
  • your app has no session middleware and you don't want to add it
  • you need client-side or non-session notifications

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

middleware web-framework state-management web-development backend developer-tools flash-messages express connect session-messages notifications nodejs web-server

2 sources

Member repositories

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