# senchalabs/connect

Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for node using "plugins" known as middleware.

Repository: https://github.com/senchalabs/connect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/senchalabs-connect
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, nodejs
Last push: 2024-09-27T16:10:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5943, "days_push": 705, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9881, forks 1082 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.623838+00:00)

## What it is
Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for Node.js built around a stack of 'plugins' known as middleware. It provides a minimal core for composing request handlers, path-based middleware mounting, and error-handling middleware.

## Use cases
- build a minimal node http server with middleware
- compose middleware into a request pipeline
- mount middleware on url paths for basic routing
- add error-handling middleware to a node server
- build a lightweight web server without a full framework

## When to choose
- you want a tiny, high-performance middleware layer without the overhead of a full web framework
- you need fine-grained control over your middleware stack in Node.js
- you are building a library or server that should stay dependency-light

## When to avoid
- you need batteries-included features like routing, templating, or request parsing out of the box (use Express instead)
- you are building a modern frontend application
- you need async/await-native middleware semantics

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, http-server, middleware, routing, error-handling
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: -
- tags: middleware-stack, http-server, minimal-framework, express-ancestor, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- senchalabs/connect (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.623838+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 2026-08-29T17:20:21.459640+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/senchalabs/connect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.623838+00:00, sha 7a3670d3b9c3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/connect (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:31.235714+00:00, sha 8637149ed0ed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.