# honojs/hono

Web framework built on Web Standards

Repository: https://github.com/honojs/hono
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hono
Homepage: https://hono.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloudflare, web-framework, cloudflare-workers, npm, router, deno, bun, aws-lambda, typescript
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:20:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1723, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 121}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31977, forks 1257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:57.313189+00:00)

## What it is
Hono is a small, ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards APIs with zero dependencies. It runs on any JavaScript runtime including Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, and Node.js, with first-class TypeScript support and built-in middleware.

## Use cases
- build a fast REST API in TypeScript
- create an API backend for Cloudflare Workers
- build a serverless web API on AWS Lambda
- proxy requests to backend servers
- build a full-stack application backend
- run the same API code across multiple JS runtimes
- build a lightweight edge application on a CDN
- create a base server for a library

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, fast web framework for edge or serverless environments
- you want one codebase to run on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Lambda, and Node.js
- you want Express-like APIs with first-class TypeScript support
- you need built-in middleware and helpers with zero dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need a full-stack framework with frontend rendering built in
- your team relies on Node.js-specific middleware or Express ecosystem packages
- you need heavy server-side features like built-in ORM or background jobs

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, routing, middleware, http-server, api-framework
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: bun, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: cloudflare-workers, edge-computing, serverless, web-standards, lambda, fastly-compute, vercel, netlify, nodejs, deno, typescript

## Member repositories
- honojs/hono (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.313189+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:12.878164+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/honojs/hono (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.313189+00:00, sha 4109d59548ce)
  - homepage: https://hono.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:25.170203+00:00, sha f97cbf01c6fa)
  - site_page: https://hono.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:25.179218+00:00, sha ad79bc8152a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.