hono

express and hono split it 2–2 on popularity and shipping momentum. Numbers straight from GitHub.Stats only — numbers straight from GitHub, no AI verdict.

expressjs/expressJavaScript

⚡Sprint Machine

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

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2–2

dead heat

honojs/honoTypeScript

🚀Rocketship

Web framework built on Web Standards

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Round by round

Stars·
Forks·
·Shipped last 4 weeks
·Commits last year

The commentary

Hono's momentum edges Express's legacy

expressjs/express still dominates in raw popularity—nearly 70k stars and 24k forks show its established empire. But honojs/hono is firing on all cylinders: 24 shipped releases in 4 weeks, 357 commits last year, and daily pushes signal a project in overdrive. The newcomer takes the momentum game 3-2.

AI-generated from the stats below.

Head to head

Shape of the matchup

Each axis is scaled to the bigger of the two — the leader always reaches the edge. It shows who leads on each dimension, not by how much; hover an axis (or read the bars) for the real numbers.

expresshono

Stars
69.6k
32.4k
Forks

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Days since last push

25.2k

1.4k

Shipped last 4 weeks

Commits last year

454

Days since last push

today

Lines of code (est.)not scored

16.7k

94.4k

Open issuesnot scored

238

416

Languagesnot scored

Bars are scaled within each row — they compare the two repos on that metric, not across metrics. Size rows (lines of code, open issues, languages) are facts, not victories, so they are never scored. Shipping counts show “—” while GitHub warms its weekly stats cache.

Numbers straight from GitHub.

The commentary

Hono's momentum edges Express's legacy

AI-generated from the stats below.