Best Microframeworks for Node.js
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This a list of Microframeworks that integrate with Node.js. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Node.js. View the products that work with Node.js in the table below.
What are Microframeworks for Node.js?
Microframeworks are lightweight web application frameworks that provide basic functionality such as routing, request and response handling, templating and input validation. They typically do not include any libraries or helpers for common tasks, leaving developers with the freedom to choose their own libraries for such functions. Microframeworks are designed for applications that require minimal setup and fast development cycles, although they may also be suitable for larger applications. They offer an alternative to full-stack frameworks. Compare and read user reviews of the best Microframeworks for Node.js currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Express
OpenJS Foundation
Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications. With a myriad of HTTP utility methods and middleware at your disposal, creating a robust API is quick and easy. Express provides a thin layer of fundamental web application features, without obscuring Node.js features that you know and love. Express has no notion of a database. This concept is left up to third-party Node modules, allowing you to interface with nearly any database. In Express, 404 responses are not the result of an error, so the error-handler middleware will not capture them. This behavior is because a 404 response simply indicates the absence of additional work to do; in other words, Express has executed all middleware functions and routes, and found that none of them responded.Starting Price: Free -
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Koa
Koa
Koa is a new web framework designed by the team behind Express, which aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. By leveraging async functions, Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware within its core, and it provides an elegant suite of methods that make writing servers fast and enjoyable. A Koa application is an object containing an array of middleware functions that are composed and executed in a stack-like manner upon request. Koa is similar to many other middleware systems that you may have encountered such as Ruby's Rack, Connect, and so on - however, a key design decision was made to provide high-level "sugar" at the otherwise low-level middleware layer. This improves interoperability, and robustness, and makes writing middleware much more enjoyable.Starting Price: Free -
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restify
restify
A Node.js web service framework optimized for building semantically correct RESTful web services ready for production use at scale. restify optimizes for introspection and performance and is used in some of the largest Node.js deployments on Earth. Running at scale requires tracing problems back to their origin by separating noise from the signal. restify is built from the ground up with post-mortem debugging in mind. Staying true to the spec is one of the foremost goals of the project. You will see references to RFCs littered throughout GitHub issues and the codebase. restify is used by some of the industry's most respected companies to power some of the largest deployments of Node.js on planet Earth—the future of Node.js REST development. Setting up a server is quick and easy. Like many other Node. js-based REST frameworks, restify leverages a Sinatra-style syntax for defining routes and the function handlers that service those routes.Starting Price: Free -
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Bit
Bit.dev
Bit is a scalable and collaborative way to build and reuse components. It's everything you need from local development to cross-project integrations. Try it for free. Bit is an open-source toolchain for component-driven development. Forget monolithic apps and distribute to composable software. Distribute component ownership across development teams. Components are easy to replace and refactor over time. Drive development standards and consistency across teams and products. Compose existing components into new ones instead of reinventing the wheel. Build a composable design system and UI. Create a consistent and reusable UI software. Distribute code and teams. Drive autonomy and standards. Scale to cross-team collaboration and bridge the gap between design, development and product. Create a scalable and composable backend that never repeats itself. -
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LoopBack
LoopBack
A highly extensible Node.js and TypeScript framework for building APIs and microservices. A brand new LoopBack core to deliver great extensibility and flexibility written in TypeScript/ES2017. Create powerful APIs easily with a new creative experience for defining REST APIs and handling API requests/responses. A new, improved programming model with dependency injection and new concepts such as components, mixins, repositories, etc. make this the most extensible version yet. The LoopBack 4 CLI is a command-line interface that can scaffold a project or extension. The CLI provides the fastest way to get started with a LoopBack 4 project that adheres to best practices. LoopBack is a highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework that enables you to create dynamic end-to-end REST APIs with little or no coding. Access data from major relational databases, MongoDB, SOAP, and REST APIs. Incorporate model relationships and access controls for complex APIs.
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