# hono

> Web framework built on Web Standards

Latest version **4.13.7** (published 2026-09-04) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install hono
pnpm add hono
yarn add hono
bun add hono
```

## Health

**Score 80/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.13.7 |
| Published | 2026-09-04 |
| First published | 2021-12-14 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=16.9.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 1.3 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 32166 |
| Author | Yusuke Wada |
| Maintainers | yusukebe |
| Keywords | hono, web, app, http, application, framework, router, cloudflare, workers, fastly, compute, deno, bun, lambda, nodejs |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/hono
- Repository: https://github.com/honojs/hono
- Homepage: https://hono.dev
- Issues: https://github.com/honojs/hono/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/hono

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## Recent versions

- 4.13.7 (latest) — 2026-09-04
- 4.5.0-rc.2 (next) — 2024-06-29
- 4.0.0-rc.4 (v4) — 2024-02-03
- 4.13.6 — 2026-09-04
- 4.13.5 — 2026-08-26
- 4.13.4 — 2026-08-24
- 4.13.3 — 2026-08-18
- 4.13.2 — 2026-08-13
- 4.13.1 — 2026-08-07
- 4.13.0 — 2026-08-03
- 4.12.34 — 2026-08-03
- 4.12.33 — 2026-07-31
- 4.12.32 — 2026-07-24
- 4.12.31 — 2026-07-18
- 4.12.30 — 2026-07-13
- … 434 more at https://npm.io/package/hono/versions

## README

<div align="center">
  <a href="https://hono.dev">
    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/honojs/hono/main/docs/images/hono-title.png" width="500" height="auto" alt="Hono"/>
  </a>
</div>

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Hono - _**means flame🔥 in Japanese**_ - is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards. It works on any JavaScript runtime: Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, Vercel, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, and Node.js.

Fast, but not only fast.

```ts
import { Hono } from 'hono'
const app = new Hono()

app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hono!'))

export default app
```

## Quick Start

```bash
npm create hono@latest
```

## Features

- **Ultrafast** 🚀 - The router `RegExpRouter` is really fast. Not using linear loops. Fast.
- **Lightweight** 🪶 - The `hono/tiny` preset is under 12kB. Hono has zero dependencies and uses only the Web Standard API.
- **Multi-runtime** 🌍 - Works on Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, or Node.js. The same code runs on all platforms.
- **Batteries Included** 🔋 - Hono has built-in middleware, custom middleware, and third-party middleware. Batteries included.
- **Delightful DX** 😃 - Super clean APIs. First-class TypeScript support. Now, we've got "Types".

## Documentation

The documentation is available on [hono.dev](https://hono.dev).

## Migration

The migration guide is available on [docs/MIGRATION.md](docs/MIGRATION.md).

## Communication

[X](https://x.com/honojs) and [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/KMh2eNSdxV) are available.

## Contributing

Contributions Welcome! You can contribute in the following ways.

- Create an Issue - Propose a new feature. Report a bug.
- Pull Request - Fix a bug or typo. Refactor the code.
- Create third-party middleware - See instructions below.
- Share - Share your thoughts on the Blog, X, and others.
- Make your application - Please try to use Hono.

For more details, see [docs/CONTRIBUTING.md](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Contributors

Thanks to [all contributors](https://github.com/honojs/hono/graphs/contributors)!

## Authors

Yusuke Wada <https://github.com/yusukebe>

_RegExpRouter_, _SmartRouter_, _LinearRouter_, and _PatternRouter_ are created by Taku Amano <https://github.com/usualoma>

## License

Distributed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

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