The best Koa alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to Koa, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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KoaSmall Node.js web framework built on async functions for writing HTTP middleware.
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Express
Open source · MIT · ★ 69.6k
A minimal, unopinionated web framework for building servers and APIs with Node.js.
Best for: Developers building JavaScript or Node.js back-end servers; Teams building REST-style APIs in Node.js
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Fastify
Open source · MIT · ★ 37.3k
A fast, low-overhead web framework for building servers and APIs with Node.js.
Best for: Node.js developers building JSON APIs or backend services; Teams that care about request throughput and want a lightweight framework
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Hono
Open source · MIT · ★ 32.8k
A small web framework for building APIs and sites that runs on many JavaScript platforms.
Best for: Developers writing TypeScript or JavaScript HTTP APIs; Teams that want one codebase to deploy on multiple runtimes
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Apollo Server
Open source · MIT · ★ 14k
A JavaScript GraphQL server that works with Express, Koa, Hapi and similar Node frameworks.
Best for: Node.js developers who want to add a GraphQL API to an existing Express, Koa or Hapi app; Teams that prefer defining a schema first and then implementing resolvers
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Koa. We don't take payment for placement.