itty-routerv5.0.24, 8 Jun 2026
A tiny, zero-dependency router, designed to make beautiful APIs in any environment.
$ npm install itty-router| Metric | hono | itty-router | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 46,132,378 | 254,066 | hono 181.6x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +2104% | +152% | hono +1952 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 1.3 MB | 40 kB | itty-router 34.1x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.13.9, 24 Sept 2026 | 5.0.24, 8 Jun 2026 | hono 4 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 69 | - | - |
| First published | 14 Dec 2021 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 32,338 | 2,049 | hono 15.8x higher |
| Open issues | 269 | 12 | hono 257 more |
| Open pull requests | 131 | 2 | hono 129 more |
| Contributors | 369 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 425 | 4 | hono 106.3x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
hono46.1m latest weekitty-router254.1k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
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Major versions
- 0.0.114 Dec 2021
- 1.0.022 Apr 2022
- 2.0.016 Jul 2022
- 3.0.018 Feb 2023
- 4.0.09 Feb 2024
Last 5 releases
- 4.13.924 Sept 2026
- 4.13.815 Sept 2026
- 4.13.74 Sept 2026
- 4.13.64 Sept 2026
- 4.13.526 Aug 2026
406 releases in total, 69 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementhono: >=16.9.0; itty-router: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasehono (4.13.9 on 24 Sept 2026 vs 5.0.24 on 8 Jun 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadshono (46.1m vs 254.1k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
itty-router: itty-router npm registry, itty-router npm downloads, itty-router GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.