# feathers > Build Better APIs, Faster than Ever. Latest version **2.2.4** (published 2018-01-04) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads > **Deprecated.** This package is deprecated. ## Install ```sh npm install feathers pnpm add feathers yarn add feathers bun add feathers ``` ## Health **Score 10/100 (F)** — status: deprecated. Negative: deprecated. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 2.2.4 | | Published | 2018-01-04 | | First published | 2013-06-20 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >= 4 | | Dependencies | 7 | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 15264 | | Author | Feathers | | Maintainers | ekryski, daffl | | Keywords | feathers, REST, socket.io, realtime | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/feathers - Repository: https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers - Homepage: http://feathersjs.com - Issues: https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/feathers ## Dependencies (7) - [debug](https://npm.io/package/debug.md) ^3.1.0 - [events](https://npm.io/package/events.md) ^1.1.1 - [express](https://npm.io/package/express.md) ^4.16.1 - [uberproto](https://npm.io/package/uberproto.md) ^1.2.0 - [rubberduck](https://npm.io/package/rubberduck.md) ^1.1.1 - [babel-runtime](https://npm.io/package/babel-runtime.md) ^6.26.0 - [feathers-commons](https://npm.io/package/feathers-commons.md) ^0.8.7 ## Alternatives - [@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin.md) — 14.8M weekly downloads - [pusher-js](https://npm.io/package/pusher-js.md) — 2.0M weekly downloads - [browserify](https://npm.io/package/browserify.md) — 1.7M weekly downloads - [sqs-consumer](https://npm.io/package/sqs-consumer.md) — 1.7M weekly downloads - [@sanity/eventsource](https://npm.io/package/@sanity/eventsource.md) — 930.8K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 2.2.4 (latest) — 2018-01-04 - 6.0.0-pre.11 (pre) — 2026-03-19 - 6.0.0-pre.10 — 2026-02-19 - 6.0.0-pre.9 — 2026-02-19 - 6.0.0-pre.7 — 2026-01-29 - 6.0.0-pre.5 — 2025-12-20 - 6.0.0-pre.3 — 2025-10-10 - 6.0.0-pre.2 — 2025-09-04 - 6.0.0-pre.1 — 2025-09-03 - 6.0.0-pre.0 — 2025-08-30 - 2.2.3 — 2017-10-20 - 2.2.2 — 2017-09-30 - 2.2.1 — 2017-09-25 - 2.2.0 — 2017-09-01 - 3.0.0-pre.1 — 2017-07-19 - … 39 more at https://npm.io/package/feathers/versions ## README Feathers logo > __Very Important:__ THIS IS A PREVIOUS VERSION OF FEATHERS. The `feathers` package and latest version has been moved to [@feathersjs/feathers](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@feathersjs/feathers). See [docs.feathersjs.com/migrating.html](https://docs.feathersjs.com/migrating.html) for more information. ## An open source REST and realtime API layer for modern applications. [![Greenkeeper badge](https://badges.greenkeeper.io/feathersjs/feathers.svg)](https://greenkeeper.io/) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/feathersjs/feathers.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/feathersjs/feathers) [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/feathersjs/feathers.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/feathersjs/feathers) [![Test Coverage](https://codeclimate.com/github/feathersjs/feathers/badges/coverage.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/feathersjs/feathers/coverage) [![Dependency Status](https://img.shields.io/david/feathersjs/feathers.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/feathersjs/feathers) [![Download Status](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/feathers.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/feathers) [![Slack Status](http://slack.feathersjs.com/badge.svg)](http://slack.feathersjs.com) Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins. ## Getting started You can build your first real-time and REST API in just 4 commands: ```bash $ npm install -g feathers-cli $ mkdir my-new-app $ cd my-new-app/ $ feathers generate app $ npm start ``` To learn more about Feathers visit the website at [feathersjs.com](http://feathersjs.com) or jump right into [the Feathers docs](http://docs.feathersjs.com). ## See it in action Here is all the code you need to create a RESTful, real-time message API that uses an in-memory data store: ```js // app.js const feathers = require('feathers'); const rest = require('feathers-rest'); const socketio = require('feathers-socketio'); const memory = require('feathers-memory'); const bodyParser = require('body-parser'); const handler = require('feathers-errors/handler'); // A Feathers app is the same as an Express app const app = feathers(); // Add REST API support app.configure(rest()); // Configure Socket.io real-time APIs app.configure(socketio()); // Parse HTTP JSON bodies app.use(bodyParser.json()); // Parse URL-encoded params app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // Register our memory "messages" service app.use('/messages', memory()); // Register a nicer error handler than the default Express one app.use(handler()); // Start the server app.listen(3000); ``` Then run ``` npm install feathers feathers-rest feathers-socketio feathers-errors feathers-memory body-parser node app ``` and go to [http://localhost:3000/messages](http://localhost:3000/messages). That's it! There's a lot more you can do with Feathers including; using a real database, authentication, authorization, clustering and more! Head on over to [the Feathers docs](http://docs.feathersjs.com) to see just how easy it is to build scalable real-time apps. ## Documentation The [Feathers docs](http://docs.feathersjs.com) are loaded with awesome stuff and tell you every thing you need to know about using and configuring Feathers. ## Examples Each plugin has it's own minimal example in the repo. To see a more complex example go to [feathersjs/feathers-chat](https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers-chat). ## Security We :heart: the community and take security very seriously. No one wants their app hacked. If you have come across a security concern please [report it responsibly](https://docs.feathersjs.com/security#where-should-i-report-security-issues). Visit the [Security section](https://docs.feathersjs.com/SECURITY.html) of the docs to learn more about how you can make sure your app is secure. ## Long Term Support Schedule We are going to be following along with the Node.js long term support cycle. As a result **we have dropped official support for node v0.10, v0.12, and iojs versions**. Feathers still works on those versions but we're not going to ensure it will going forward. We will be supporting Node.js v4 until **2018-04-01**. We will be supporting Node.js v6 until **2019-04-18**. ## License [MIT](LICENSE) ## Authors [Feathers contributors](https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers/graphs/contributors) --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/feathers · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._