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Compare throughput benchmark from various Bun HTTP framework

Bun HTTP Framework Benchmark

Compare throughput benchmarks from various Bun HTTP framework

Library/framework:

• bagel
• baojs
• buchta
• bun
• bun-bakery
• bunsvr
• elysia
• express
• express-node
• fastify-node
• hono
• hyperbun
• koa-node
• nbit
• nest-node
• zarf

Test method: Throughput

1. Get (/)
   • [GET] /
   • Return hi in plain text
2. Params, query & header
   • [GET] /id/:id
   • Extract path params, query and header.
   • For this benchmark, the request URL will be send as: /id/1?name=bun
   • Set x-powered-by to benchmark
   • Expected response: "1 bun" (${id} ${query})
3. Post JSON
   • [POST] /json
   • Mirror body to response
   • For the benchmark, the request body will be sent as: { "hello": "world" }
   • Expected response: { "hello": "world" }

Prerequistes

• bombardier
• Nodejs
• Bun

Run Test

bun run benchmark

Dump result will be available at results/[benchmark-name].txt

Benchmark Condition

This benchmark is tested under the following condition:

• Windows 11 under WSL Debian
• AMD Ryzen 5 3500X, DDR4 RAM 16GB 2667MHz
• Windows 11 22H2 build 22621.963
• Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye), kernel: 5.15.79.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
• Bun 0.4.0
• Node 18.12.1

Tested on 13 Jan 20:03 (GMT+7)

Results

For results suffix with -node means that the framework is run in Node, otherwise is using Bun.

These results are measured in req/s:

Framework	Get (/)	Params, query & header	Post JSON
elysia	153,311.1	117,089.1	120,017.59
hono	158,446	93,635.58	96,371.24
bun	142,764.27	103,046.45	100,987.19
bunsvr	143,069.05	97,957.54	100,335.14
bun-bakery	118,771.61	87,894.1	73,665.9
hyperbun	113,340.99	84,710.57	65,096.04
buchta	102,047.58	79,021.58	79,741.77
baojs	94,055.63	80,983.87	77,019.2
nbit	90,104.72	75,293.36	62,712.51
zarf	62,915.93	53,118.17	53,598.07
bagel	55,670.22	38,167.58	40,241.19
fastify-node	21,772.82	17,524.96	9,599.67
koa-node	11,013.72	10,442.14	9,430.87
express	8,022.62	8,179.15	7,814.99
nest-node	11,388.29	5,518.08	5,299.28
express-node	5,961.13	5,871.17	5,845.57

Notice

I highly recommended testing this benchmark on your machine yourself.