hono

Use when building APIs or web servers with Hono — routing, middleware, edge deployment, or multi-runtime support. Also use when deploying to Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Bun, Deno, or Node.js with a lightweight framework.

Model	Source
sonnet	pack: backend

Full Reference

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hono

Hono is a lightweight (~14KB), ultra-fast web framework built on Web Standards. One codebase runs on Cloudflare Workers, Bun, Deno, Node.js, Vercel Edge, Netlify, and AWS Lambda via runtime adapters.

Quick Reference

Item	Value
Version	4.12.0 (latest)
Install	npm create hono@latest
Size	less than 14KB minified
Node.js min	18.14.1+
Runtime detection	c.env.VAR in Workers, process.env in Node/Bun
Key imports	hono, hono/cors, hono/jwt, hono/validator, @hono/zod-validator, hono/client

Runtime Adapters

Runtime	Adapter	Dev Command
Cloudflare Workers	built-in	wrangler dev
Node.js	@hono/node-server	npm run dev
Bun	built-in	bun run dev
Deno	built-in	deno task dev
Vercel Edge	built-in	vercel dev
AWS Lambda	hono/aws-lambda	—

Reference Index

I want to…	File
Set up a Hono server for any runtime	reference/setup.md
Define routes, params, and handlers	reference/routing.md
Add CORS, JWT, logger, and custom middleware	reference/middleware.md
Validate request bodies, queries, and params	reference/validation.md
Use the type-safe RPC client (hc)	reference/rpc-client.md
Handle errors globally with onError	reference/error-handling.md
Write tests for Hono apps	reference/testing.md
Deploy to Cloudflare, Node.js, Bun, or Vercel	reference/deployment.md

Usage: Read the reference file matching your current task from the index above. Each file is self-contained with code examples and inline gotchas.