Hono

Web framework for any JS runtime.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Use any runtime - Node, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, Lambda, etc - with a (mostly) consistent API abstraction. Zero dependencies. Uses the Web Standard API. Supports sophisticated routing configurations, middleware, client components, validation, RPC. Includes a testing framework.

Tradeoffs

Environment variables can’t be accessed outside of the handler. Some features are limited by the runtime e.g. WebSockets only work on Cloudflare, Bun & Deno.

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