Node.js Adapter for Hono

This adapter allows you to run your Hono application on Node.js. Initially, Hono wasn't designed for Node.js, but with this adapter, it can now be used with Node.js. It utilizes web standard APIs implemented in Node.js version 18 or higher.

While Hono is ultra-fast, it may not be as fast on Node.js due to the overhead involved in adapting Hono's API to Node.js.

However, it's worth noting that it is still faster than Express.

Requirement

It works on Node.js versions greater than 18.x. The specific required Node.js versions are as follows:

• 18.x => 18.14.1+
• 19.x => 19.7.0+
• 20.x => 20.0.0+

Essentially, you can simply use the latest version of each major release.

Install

You can install from npm registry with npm command:

npm install @hono/node-server

Or use yarn:

yarn add @hono/node-server

Usage

Just import @hono/node-server at the top and write the code as usual. The same code that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, and Bun will work.

import { serve } from '@hono/node-server'
import { Hono } from 'hono'

const app = new Hono()
app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hono meets Node.js'))

serve(app)

For example, run it using ts-node. Then an HTTP server will be launched. The default port is 3000.

ts-node ./index.ts

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser.

Options

port

serve({
  fetch: app.fetch,
  port: 8787, // Port number, default is 3000
})

createServer

import { createServer } from 'node:https'
import fs from 'node:fs'

//...

serve({
  fetch: app.fetch,
  createServer: createServer,
  serverOptions: {
    key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent1-key.pem'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent1-cert.pem'),
  },
})

Middleware

Most built-in middleware also works with Node.js. Read the documentation and use the Middleware of your liking.

import { serve } from '@hono/node-server'
import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { prettyJSON } from 'hono/pretty-json'

const app = new Hono()

app.get('*', prettyJSON())
app.get('/', (c) => c.json({ 'Hono meets': 'Node.js' }))

serve(app)

Serve Static Middleware

Use Serve Static Middleware that has been created for Node.js.

import { serveStatic } from '@hono/node-server/serve-static'

//...

app.use('/static/*', serveStatic({ root: './' }))

Note that root must be relative to the current working directory - absolute paths are not supported.

Options

rewriteRequestPath

If you want to serve files in ./.foojs with the request path /__foo/*, you can write like the following.

app.use(
  '/__foo/*',
  serveStatic({
    root: './.foojs/',
    rewriteRequestPath: (path: string) => path.replace(/^\/__foo/, ''),
  })
)

Related projects

• Hono - https://honojs.dev
• Hono GitHub repository - https://github.com/honojs/hono

Author

Yusuke Wada https://github.com/yusukebe

License

MIT