kartikk221/hyper-express

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

HyperExpress is a high-performance Node.js HTTP and WebSocket server library built on top of uWebSockets.js, exposing a simple Express-like API. It offers routing, middleware, sessions, SSE, and multipart file uploads with significantly higher throughput than Express.

Use cases

• build a fast http server in node.js
• serve websockets with high throughput
• replace express for better performance
• handle multipart file uploads in node
• implement server-sent events endpoint
• host multiple domains over ssl in one server

When to choose

• you need maximum HTTP/WebSocket throughput on existing hardware
• you want an Express-like API with better performance
• you need SSE, multipart uploads, or modular routers in Node.js

When to avoid

• you rely on the full Express middleware ecosystem
• you deploy on Alpine Linux (musl is unsupported and can crash)
• you need ESM-only or async/await-first framework conventions

Facets

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http-server web-framework websocket routing middleware file-upload web-development backend apis performance windows uwebsockets express-compatible server-sent-events high-throughput https nodejs linux macos docker

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