# restify > REST framework Latest version **12.0.0** (published 2026-08-25) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install restify pnpm add restify yarn add restify bun add restify ``` Provides the command `report-latency`. ## Health **Score 68/100 (B)** — status: active. Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 12.0.0 | | Published | 2026-08-25 | | First published | 2011-04-25 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | separate (@types/restify) | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=22.0.0 | | Dependencies | 19 | | Unpacked size | 356.6 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 10689 | | Author | Mark Cavage | | Maintainers | trentm, ghermeto, micahr, mmarchini, pfmooney, hekike, mcavage, yunong, jgilli, donutespresso, rajatkumar, daviande, barb_the_builder, danderso, joeyharrington | | Keywords | REST, framework, express, DTrace | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/restify - Repository: https://github.com/restify/node-restify - Homepage: http://restify.com - Issues: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/restify ## Dependencies (19) - [qs](https://npm.io/package/qs.md) ^6.15.2 - [csv](https://npm.io/package/csv.md) ^6.2.2 - [ewma](https://npm.io/package/ewma.md) ^2.0.1 - [mime](https://npm.io/package/mime.md) ^3.0.0 - [once](https://npm.io/package/once.md) ^1.4.0 - [pino](https://npm.io/package/pino.md) ^8.7.0 - [send](https://npm.io/package/send.md) ^1.2.1 - [lodash](https://npm.io/package/lodash.md) ^4.17.11 - [semver](https://npm.io/package/semver.md) ^7.3.8 - [vasync](https://npm.io/package/vasync.md) ^2.2.0 - [pidusage](https://npm.io/package/pidusage.md) ^3.0.2 - [lru-cache](https://npm.io/package/lru-cache.md) ^7.14.1 - [formidable](https://npm.io/package/formidable.md) ^1.2.1 - [negotiator](https://npm.io/package/negotiator.md) ^0.6.2 - [assert-plus](https://npm.io/package/assert-plus.md) ^1.0.0 - [find-my-way](https://npm.io/package/find-my-way.md) ^9.6.0 - [http-signature](https://npm.io/package/http-signature.md) ^1.3.6 - [restify-errors](https://npm.io/package/restify-errors.md) ^8.0.2 - [escape-regexp-component](https://npm.io/package/escape-regexp-component.md) ^1.0.2 ## Alternatives - [@sveltejs/kit](https://npm.io/package/@sveltejs/kit.md) — 2.2M weekly downloads - [@atlaskit/theme](https://npm.io/package/@atlaskit/theme.md) — 402.0K weekly downloads - [@tangle-network/brand](https://npm.io/package/@tangle-network/brand.md) — 10.0K weekly downloads - [seneca](https://npm.io/package/seneca.md) — 7.4K weekly downloads - [@bsb/base](https://npm.io/package/@bsb/base.md) — 7.2K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 12.0.0 (latest) — 2026-08-25 - 12.0.0-rc.0 (rc) — 2026-08-18 - 9.1.0 (9-latest) — 2023-06-13 - 9.0.0-rc.3 (next) — 2022-05-06 - 4.3.4 (latest-4) — 2018-05-24 - 5.0.0-beta-8.0 (beta) — 2017-04-19 - 11.1.0 — 2023-02-24 - 11.0.0 — 2023-01-17 - 10.0.0 — 2022-11-29 - 9.0.0 — 2022-11-15 - 9.0.0-rc.2 — 2022-03-24 - 9.0.0-rc.1 — 2022-02-11 - 8.6.1 — 2022-02-10 - 8.6.0 — 2021-09-29 - 8.5.1 — 2019-12-13 - … 171 more at https://npm.io/package/restify/versions ## README [![alt text][1.1]][1] [1.1]: http://i.imgur.com/tXSoThF.png (twitter icon with padding) [1.2]: http://i.imgur.com/wWzX9uB.png (twitter icon without padding) [1]: http://www.twitter.com/restifyjs ![restify](/../gh-images/logo/png/restify_logo_black_transp_288x288.png?raw=true "restify") [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/restify/node-restify.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/restify/node-restify) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/restify/node-restify.svg)](https://david-dm.org/restify/node-restify) [![devDependency Status](https://david-dm.org/restify/node-restify/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/restify/node-restify#info=devDependencies) [![code style: prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-prettier-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) [restify](http://restify.com) is a framework, utilizing [connect](https://github.com/senchalabs/connect) style middleware for building REST APIs. For full details, see http://restify.com Follow restify on [![alt text][1.2]][1] # Usage ## Server ```javascript var restify = require('restify'); const server = restify.createServer({ name: 'myapp', version: '1.0.0' }); server.use(restify.plugins.acceptParser(server.acceptable)); server.use(restify.plugins.queryParser()); server.use(restify.plugins.bodyParser()); server.get('/echo/:name', function (req, res, next) { res.send(req.params); return next(); }); server.listen(8080, function () { console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url); }); ``` ## Client ```javascript var assert = require('assert'); var clients = require('restify-clients'); var client = clients.createJsonClient({ url: 'http://localhost:8080', version: '~1.0' }); client.get('/echo/mark', function (err, req, res, obj) { assert.ifError(err); console.log('Server returned: %j', obj); }); ``` # Installation ```bash $ npm install restify ``` ## Supported Node Versions Restify currently works on Node.js v22.x, v24.x and v26.x. ## License The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2018 restify Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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