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The best restify alternatives

3 tools that do a similar job to restify, 3 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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restify

A Node.js framework for building REST APIs using connect-style 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

    Full review restify vs Express
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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

    Full review restify vs Fastify
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    Koa

    Open source · MIT · ★ 35.7k

    Small Node.js web framework built on async functions for writing HTTP middleware.

    Best for: Node.js developers who want a minimal web framework they can shape themselves; Teams building APIs or web servers who prefer async/await middleware

    Full review restify vs Koa

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 restify. We don't take payment for placement.