Node.js

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

Hono is not designed for Node.js at first. But with a Node.js Adapter it can run on Node.js as well.

INFO

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.

1. Setup

A starter for Node.js is available. Start your project with "create-hono" command.

npm create hono@latest my-app

npm create hono@latest my-app

Move to my-app and install the dependencies.

cd my-app
npm i

cd my-app
npm i

2. Hello World

Edit src/index.ts:

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

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

serve(app)

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

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

serve(app)

3. Run

Run the development server locally. Then, access http://localhost:3000 in your Web browser.

npm run start

npm run start

Change port number

You can specify the port number with the port option.

serve({
  fetch: app.fetch,
  port: 8787,
})

serve({
  fetch: app.fetch,
  port: 8787,
})

Serve static files

You can use serveStatic to serve static files from the local file system.

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

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

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

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

`rewriteRequestPath`

If you want to map http://localhost:3000/static/* to ./statics, you can use the rewriteRequestPath option:

app.get(
  '/static/*',
  serveStatic({
    root: './',
    rewriteRequestPath: (path) => path.replace(/^\/static/, '/statics'),
  })
)

app.get(
  '/static/*',
  serveStatic({
    root: './',
    rewriteRequestPath: (path) => path.replace(/^\/static/, '/statics'),
  })
)

Node.js ​

1. Setup ​

2. Hello World ​

3. Run ​

Change port number ​

Serve static files ​

rewriteRequestPath ​