SyntroJS 🚀

FastAPI for Node.js & Bun

⚡ 3.8x faster with Bun | 🚀 89.5% of Fastify with Node.js

🚀 Status: Production Ready (Pre-1.0)

SyntroJS is production-ready with 937 passing tests and 71.55% code coverage. The core API is stable, though we're still adding features before v1.0.0.

✅ Battle-tested - 937 tests across Node.js and Bun (99.3% passing)
✅ Stable core API - We follow semantic versioning
✅ Active development - Regular updates and community support
🎯 v0.5.0 in progress - TOON Format + Architecture Refactor

Latest Release: v0.5.0 - TOON Format + Serialization Refactor - CHANGELOG

💡 Note: While the core is stable, we recommend pinning to specific versions until v1.0.0

🎯 What is SyntroJS?

SyntroJS is the world's first dual-runtime framework that brings the simplicity and developer experience of FastAPI to the TypeScript ecosystem. Write your code once and run it on either Node.js for stability or Bun for maximum performance.

Coming in v0.5.0: TOON Format - reduce your API bandwidth costs 40-60% (like gRPC) while keeping responses human-readable and debuggable (like JSON). No compilation. No protobuf. Just savings. Perfect for any high-traffic API.

✨ Key Features

🚀 Dual Runtime Support: Write once, run on both Node.js and Bun. Zero code changes required.
🔥 FastAPI-like Developer Experience: Automatic validation with Zod, full TypeScript type safety, elegant error handling (HTTPException).
🎨 Automatic Interactive Docs: Beautiful landing page + Swagger UI + ReDoc out of the box at /docs.
🧪 Testing Superpower: SmartMutator for mutation testing in seconds. Type-safe client coming in v0.5.0.
🔌 Rich Ecosystem: Middleware system, WebSockets, dependency injection, background tasks, structured logging.
🔒 Security First: JWT, OAuth2, API Keys, and security plugins built-in.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install

npm install syntrojs zod

2. Create Your First API

import { SyntroJS } from 'syntrojs';
import { z } from 'zod';

const app = new SyntroJS({ title: 'My API' });

// Simple GET endpoint
app.get('/hello', { handler: () => ({ message: 'Hello World!' }) });

// POST with automatic validation
app.post('/users', {
  body: z.object({
    name: z.string().min(1),
    email: z.string().email(),
  }),
  handler: ({ body }) => ({ id: 1, ...body }),
});

await app.listen(3000);

That's it! 🎉 Visit http://localhost:3000/docs for interactive documentation.

HTTP Redirects

// Permanent redirect (301 - SEO friendly)
app.get('/old-url', {
  handler: ({ redirect }) => redirect('/new-url', 301)
});

// After form submission (303 - POST → GET)
app.post('/submit', {
  body: z.object({ name: z.string() }),
  handler: ({ body, redirect }) => {
    saveData(body);
    return redirect('/success', 303);
  }
});

Content Negotiation

// Serve JSON or HTML based on Accept header
app.get('/users', {
  handler: ({ accepts }) => {
    if (accepts.html()) {
      return '<html><h1>Users</h1>...</html>';
    }
    
    // Default: JSON
    return { users: [...] };
  }
});

// TOON format ready (v0.5.0)
app.get('/data', {
  handler: ({ accepts }) => {
    if (accepts.toon()) {
      return data; // Will be serialized as TOON
    }
    return data; // JSON
  }
});

🔥 Dual-Runtime: Node.js vs Bun

Same code, different runtimes:

# Node.js (stability + full ecosystem)
node app.js

# Bun (maximum performance)
bun app.js

Runtime	Performance	Tests Passing	Use Case
Node.js	89.5% of Fastify (5,819 req/s)	728/728 (100%)	Production, plugins
Bun	3.8x faster (~22,000 req/s)	458/487 (94%)	Maximum speed

Bun Limitations

Feature	Node.js	Bun	Status
Core API	✅ Full	✅ Full	Identical
Plugins (CORS, Helmet, etc.)	✅ Full	⚠️ Warnings only	v0.5.0 planned
Static files	✅ Full	❌ Not available	v0.5.0 planned
`getRawFastify()`	✅ Works	❌ Use `getRawServer()`	-

🧪 Testing Made Easy

Standard Testing

import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
import { app } from './app';

describe('API Tests', () => {
  let server: string;
  
  beforeAll(async () => {
    server = await app.listen(0); // Random port
  });
  
  afterAll(async () => {
    await app.close();
  });

  test('POST /users creates a user', async () => {
    const port = new URL(server).port;
    const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}/users`, {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
      body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'John', email: 'john@example.com' })
    });
    
    const data = await res.json();
    
    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
    expect(data.name).toBe('John');
  });
});

Note: TinyTest is deprecated and will be removed in v0.5.0. See DEPRECATIONS.md for details.

Coming in v0.5.0: Type-safe client with autocomplete and zero code duplication!

SmartMutator - Mutation Testing in Seconds

Method	Mutants	Tests	Time
Stryker (vanilla)	1,247	187,050	43 min
SmartMutator	142	284	12 sec

pnpm test:mutate

Mutation Score: 58.72% (742 killed, 144 survived)

📊 Quality Metrics

Tests: 728/728 passing (Node.js 100%, Bun 94%)
Coverage: 77.14% (Branch: 80.73%)
Mutation Score: 58.72%
Code Quality: 100% SOLID + DDD + Functional Programming
Top Performers: RouteRegistry (100%), ZodAdapter (100%), DependencyInjector (95.83%)

🚀 Production & Security

const app = new SyntroJS({
  title: 'Production API',
  docs: false  // ✅ REQUIRED for production
});

Security Checklist

Disable all documentation (docs: false)
Set proper CORS origins (not *)
Enable rate limiting
Configure structured logging without sensitive data
Use environment variables for secrets

💎 Why TOON Format?

The Developer's Dilemma:

Traditionally, you had to choose between simplicity and efficiency:

Feature	JSON	TOON 🎯	gRPC/Protobuf
Payload Size	100% (large)	40-50% ⚡	35-45%
Human-Readable	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ Binary
Debug with curl	✅ Easy	✅ Easy	❌ Requires tools
Setup Time	5 minutes	5 minutes	2+ hours
Tooling Needed	None	None	protoc, plugins
Learning Curve	Low	Low	High
Type Safety	Runtime only	✅ Built-in	✅ Built-in
Production Costs	High	Low ⚡	Low

TOON gives you the best of both worlds: gRPC's efficiency with JSON's simplicity.

🎯 Who Benefits from TOON?

High-Traffic APIs
Save thousands on cloud bills by reducing bandwidth 40-60%

Startups & MVPs
Get gRPC-level efficiency without the complexity overhead

Public APIs
Give developers human-readable responses that are also bandwidth-efficient

Mobile Apps
Reduce data usage for your users - faster loads, lower costs

Microservices
Efficient service-to-service communication without binary protocols

IoT Devices
Minimal bandwidth for resource-constrained environments

Bonus: LLM Integrations
Reduce token costs when sending API context to AI models

Real-World Example

Same endpoint, different formats:

# JSON Response (traditional)
GET /api/users
Content-Length: 2,487 bytes
Monthly cost (1M requests): $225

# TOON Response (SyntroJS)
GET /api/users
Accept: application/toon
Content-Length: 1,024 bytes  # -59%
Monthly cost (1M requests): $92  # Save $133/month

One line of code:

const app = new SyntroJS({ 
  serialization: 'toon'  // ✨ That's it
});

📖 API Reference

Core API

Creating an Application

new SyntroJS(config?: SyntroJSConfig) - Creates a new SyntroJS application instance.

Parameters:
- config.title?: string - API title for OpenAPI docs
- config.version?: string - API version
- config.description?: string - API description
- config.logger?: boolean - Enable Fastify logger
- config.syntroLogger?: LoggerIntegrationConfig | boolean - Enable @syntrojs/logger
- config.runtime?: 'auto' | 'node' | 'bun' - Force specific runtime
- config.docs?: boolean | object - Configure documentation endpoints
- config.fluentConfig?: object - Advanced adapter configuration

Route Registration

app.get(path, config) - Registers a GET route.
app.post(path, config) - Registers a POST route.
app.put(path, config) - Registers a PUT route.
app.delete(path, config) - Registers a DELETE route.
app.patch(path, config) - Registers a PATCH route.

Parameters:
- path: string - Route path (e.g., /users/:id)
- config.handler: (ctx) => any - Route handler function
- config.params?: ZodSchema - Path parameter validation
- config.query?: ZodSchema - Query parameter validation
- config.body?: ZodSchema - Request body validation
- config.response?: ZodSchema - Response validation
- config.status?: number - Default status code
- config.dependencies?: object - Dependency injection

Server Management

app.listen(port, host?) - Starts the HTTP server.

Parameters:
- port: number - Port to listen on
- host?: string - Host address (default: '::')
Returns: Promise<string> - Server address

app.close() - Stops the HTTP server gracefully.

Request Context

The request context is passed to all handlers:

interface RequestContext {
  method: HttpMethod;              // HTTP method
  path: string;                    // Request path
  params: any;                     // Path parameters
  query: any;                      // Query parameters
  body: any;                       // Request body
  headers: Record<string, string>; // Request headers
  cookies: Record<string, string>; // Cookies
  correlationId: string;           // Request tracking ID
  timestamp: Date;                 // Request timestamp
  dependencies: Record<string, any>; // Injected dependencies
  background: {
    addTask(task: () => void): void; // Queue background task
  };
  download(data, options): FileDownloadResponse; // File download helper
  redirect(url, statusCode?): RedirectResponse;  // Redirect helper
  accepts: AcceptsHelper;          // Content negotiation helper
}

Serialization & Content Negotiation

ResponseHandler

new ResponseHandler(serializerRegistry) - Creates response handler (used internally).

handler.serialize(result, statusCode, acceptHeader?) - Serializes response with content negotiation.

Parameters:
- result: any - Handler return value
- statusCode: number - HTTP status code
- acceptHeader?: string - Accept header for content negotiation
Returns: Promise<SerializedResponseDTO>
Performance: O(1) for content-type based lookup

Custom Serializers

Implement IResponseSerializer interface:

interface IResponseSerializer {
  canSerialize(result: any): boolean;
  serialize(
    result: any,
    statusCode: number,
    request: Request
  ): SerializedResponseDTO | null;
}

interface SerializedResponseDTO {
  body: any;              // Raw object or string
  statusCode: number;
  headers: Record<string, string>;
}

Register custom serializer:

app.registerSerializer(new MySerializer(), 'MyFormat', ['application/my-format']);

Built-in Serializers

JsonSerializer - Default JSON serialization (raw objects).
TOONSerializer - Bandwidth-optimized format (40-60% reduction).
CustomResponseSerializer - Custom status/headers pattern.
RedirectSerializer - HTTP redirects (3xx).
StreamSerializer - Node.js Readable streams.
BufferSerializer - Binary buffers.
FileDownloadSerializer - File downloads with Content-Disposition.

Dependency Injection

inject(factory, options?) - Creates a dependency injection token.

Parameters:
- factory: (ctx?) => T - Factory function
- options.scope?: 'singleton' | 'request' - Lifecycle scope
- options.cleanup?: (instance) => Promise<void> - Cleanup function
Returns: Dependency token

Example:

const dbService = inject(() => new Database(), { scope: 'singleton' });

app.get('/users', {
  dependencies: { db: dbService },
  handler: ({ dependencies }) => dependencies.db.getUsers()
});

Pagination

Helper function for pagination:

function paginate<T>(
  items: T[],
  page: number = 1,
  limit: number = 10
) {
  const offset = (page - 1) * limit;
  const paginatedItems = items.slice(offset, offset + limit);
  
  return {
    data: paginatedItems,
    pagination: {
      page,
      limit,
      total: items.length,
      totalPages: Math.ceil(items.length / limit),
      hasNext: offset + limit < items.length,
      hasPrev: page > 1
    }
  };
}

Example:

app.get('/products', {
  query: z.object({
    page: z.coerce.number().min(1).default(1),
    limit: z.coerce.number().min(1).max(100).default(10)
  }),
  handler: ({ query }) => {
    const allProducts = getProducts();
    return paginate(allProducts, query.page, query.limit);
  }
});

Background Tasks

ctx.background.addTask(task, options?) - Queues asynchronous task (non-blocking).

Parameters:
- task: () => void | Promise<void> - Task function
- options.name?: string - Task name (for logging)
- options.timeout?: number - Max execution time (ms)

Example:

app.post('/users', {
  body: z.object({ email: z.string().email() }),
  handler: ({ body, background }) => {
    // Queue email send (non-blocking)
    background.addTask(async () => {
      await sendWelcomeEmail(body.email);
    }, { name: 'welcome-email', timeout: 5000 });
    
    return { success: true };
  }
});

File Uploads

Multipart form data is automatically parsed:

app.post('/upload', {
  handler: ({ body, files }) => {
    // files array contains uploaded files
    const file = files[0];
    return {
      filename: file.filename,
      size: file.size,
      mimetype: file.mimetype
    };
  }
});

File structure:

interface UploadedFile {
  filename: string;
  mimetype: string;
  size: number;
  buffer: Buffer;
  stream: Readable;
}

WebSockets

app.ws(path, handler) - Registers WebSocket endpoint.

app.ws('/chat', {
  onConnect: (socket, request) => {
    console.log('Client connected');
  },
  onMessage: (socket, message) => {
    socket.send(`Echo: ${message}`);
  },
  onClose: (socket) => {
    console.log('Client disconnected');
  }
});

OpenAPI / Swagger

Documentation is auto-generated from routes and schemas:

Endpoints (enabled by default):

GET / - Landing page with API overview
GET /docs - Swagger UI
GET /redoc - ReDoc UI
GET /openapi.json - OpenAPI 3.0 spec

Configure:

new SyntroJS({
  title: 'My API',
  version: '1.0.0',
  description: 'API description',
  docs: {
    swagger: true,    // Swagger UI
    redoc: true,      // ReDoc
    landingPage: true,
    openapi: true     // JSON spec
  }
});

Security

OAuth2 Password Bearer

import { OAuth2PasswordBearer } from 'syntrojs';

const oauth2 = new OAuth2PasswordBearer({ tokenUrl: '/token' });

app.get('/protected', {
  dependencies: { user: oauth2 },
  handler: ({ dependencies }) => {
    return { user: dependencies.user };
  }
});

HTTP Bearer

import { HTTPBearer } from 'syntrojs';

const bearer = new HTTPBearer();

app.get('/api/data', {
  dependencies: { token: bearer },
  handler: ({ dependencies }) => {
    const token = dependencies.token; // Validated token
    return { data: 'protected' };
  }
});

API Key

import { APIKeyHeader, APIKeyQuery } from 'syntrojs';

// Via header
const apiKeyHeader = new APIKeyHeader({ name: 'X-API-Key' });

// Via query parameter  
const apiKeyQuery = new APIKeyQuery({ name: 'api_key' });

app.get('/api/data', {
  dependencies: { apiKey: apiKeyHeader },
  handler: ({ dependencies }) => {
    const key = dependencies.apiKey; // Validated key
    return { data: 'protected' };
  }
});

HTTP Basic Auth

import { HTTPBasic } from 'syntrojs';

const basicAuth = new HTTPBasic();

app.get('/admin', {
  dependencies: { credentials: basicAuth },
  handler: ({ dependencies }) => {
    const { username, password } = dependencies.credentials;
    // Validate credentials
    return { admin: true };
  }
});

Middleware

app.use(middleware) - Registers global middleware.
app.use(path, middleware) - Registers path-specific middleware.

interface Middleware {
  (ctx: RequestContext, next: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void>;
}

Example:

// Global middleware
app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
  console.log(`${ctx.method} ${ctx.path}`);
  await next();
});

// Path-specific
app.use('/api/*', async (ctx, next) => {
  if (!ctx.headers.authorization) {
    throw new UnauthorizedException('Token required');
  }
  await next();
});

Error Handling

app.registerExceptionHandler(errorClass, handler) - Registers custom error handler.

app.registerExceptionHandler(MyError, (error, ctx) => ({
  status: 400,
  body: { error: error.message }
}));

Built-in Exceptions:

BadRequestException (400)
UnauthorizedException (401)
ForbiddenException (403)
NotFoundException (404)
ConflictException (409)
UnprocessableEntityException (422)
ServiceUnavailableException (503)

Registry Access

app.getSerializerRegistry() - Access serializer registry.
app.getMiddlewareRegistry() - Access middleware registry.
app.getRouteRegistry() - Access route registry.
app.getWebSocketRegistry() - Access WebSocket registry.

🗺️ Roadmap

✅ v0.4.0 - REST Completion (100% COMPLETE 🎉)

✅ v0.5.0 - TOON Format + Architecture Refactor (100% COMPLETE 🎉)

TOON: The sweet spot between JSON's simplicity and gRPC's efficiency

TOON Format Support: 40-60% payload reduction for any API
- ✅ Human-readable (like JSON) - debug with curl
- ✅ No compilation needed (like JSON) - no protoc, no tooling
- ✅ Efficient (like gRPC) - 40-60% smaller payloads
- ✅ Official @toon-format/toon package integration
- ✅ Content negotiation via Accept header
- ✅ Perfect for: High-traffic APIs, mobile apps, microservices, public APIs
Serialization Architecture Refactor
- ✅ ResponseHandler centralized (SOLID)
- ✅ Adapters unified: 5 → 2 (FluentAdapter + BunAdapter)
- ✅ DTO-based serialization (runtime-agnostic)
- ✅ O(1) content negotiation
- ✅ Bundle size: -21KB (-10%)

🎨 v0.6.0 - Polish & Performance

Native Bun plugins (CORS, Helmet, etc.)
Server-Sent Events (SSE)
CSRF protection

Why TOON over gRPC?

No protobuf compilation required
Readable in browser DevTools & logs
Simple setup (5 minutes vs 2 hours)
Same cost savings, zero complexity
Works with any HTTP client (curl, fetch, axios)

🎨 v0.9.0 - Completeness (Optional Features)

Static file serving (optional)
Template rendering integrations (optional)
Additional middleware helpers (optional)

🏗️ v1.0.0 - Production Ready

🚀 v2.0.0 - Enterprise & Multi-Protocol

gRPC Support - For maximum performance scenarios
- Use alongside TOON for hybrid architectures
- Public APIs: TOON (DX), Internal: gRPC (performance)
GraphQL integration
ORM adapters (Prisma, TypeORM, Drizzle)
Metrics/Prometheus integration
Distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)

📚 Examples & Documentation

Examples Repository: syntrojs-example
Architecture: ARCHITECTURE.md
Full Documentation: Coming soon

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Check out our GitHub repository.

📄 License

Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for details.

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SyntroJS 🚀

🚀 Status: Production Ready (Pre-1.0)

🎯 What is SyntroJS?

✨ Key Features

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install

2. Create Your First API

HTTP Redirects

Content Negotiation

🔥 Dual-Runtime: Node.js vs Bun

Bun Limitations

🧪 Testing Made Easy

Standard Testing

SmartMutator - Mutation Testing in Seconds

📊 Quality Metrics

🚀 Production & Security

Security Checklist

💎 Why TOON Format?

🎯 Who Benefits from TOON?

Real-World Example

📖 API Reference

Core API

Creating an Application

Route Registration

Server Management

Request Context

Serialization & Content Negotiation

ResponseHandler

Custom Serializers

Built-in Serializers

Dependency Injection

Pagination

Background Tasks

File Uploads

WebSockets

OpenAPI / Swagger

Security

OAuth2 Password Bearer

HTTP Bearer

API Key

HTTP Basic Auth

Middleware

Error Handling

Registry Access

🗺️ Roadmap

✅ v0.4.0 - REST Completion (100% COMPLETE 🎉)

✅ v0.5.0 - TOON Format + Architecture Refactor (100% COMPLETE 🎉)

🎨 v0.6.0 - Polish & Performance

🎨 v0.9.0 - Completeness (Optional Features)

🏗️ v1.0.0 - Production Ready

🚀 v2.0.0 - Enterprise & Multi-Protocol

📚 Examples & Documentation

🤝 Contributing

📄 License

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