# honojs/honox

HonoX - Hono based meta framework

Repository: https://github.com/honojs/honox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/honox
Homepage: https://hono.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-18T11:00:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 70
- inputs: {"age_days": 993, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 11.0, "n_releases_24m": 37}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2909, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:29.178810+00:00)

## What it is
HonoX is a meta-framework built on Hono and Vite for creating full-stack websites and Web APIs with file-based routing and fast SSR. It supports islands hydration for selective client-side JavaScript and lets developers bring their own renderer.

## Use cases
- build a full-stack website with file-based routing
- create fast server-rendered web APIs
- deploy an app to Cloudflare Workers or other edge runtimes
- add interactive islands to a mostly server-rendered site
- use Hono middleware in a Next.js-like project structure

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fast alternative to Next.js on edge runtimes
- you already use Hono and need routing and SSR structure
- you want minimal client-side JavaScript with islands hydration
- you need multi-runtime support across Cloudflare, Deno, Bun, and Node.js

## When to avoid
- you need a fully stable framework with guaranteed API stability - it is in alpha with breaking changes
- you need a large ecosystem of plugins and community tooling
- you require heavy client-side SPA features like advanced client-side state management

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: web-framework, ssr, routing, middleware, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend, developer-tools
- platform: bun, cloud
- tags: meta-framework, file-based-routing, islands-architecture, vite, hono, jsx, edge-computing, full-stack, nodejs, deno, web-server, typescript

## Member repositories
- honojs/honox (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.178810+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 2026-08-30T07:34:21.372819+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/honojs/honox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.178810+00:00, sha a9eb4c21eadf)
  - homepage: https://hono.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:57.052303+00:00, sha f97cbf01c6fa)
  - site_page: https://hono.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:57.060986+00:00, sha ad79bc8152a2)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/honox (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:57.062963+00:00, sha 572810a2e074)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.