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Echo vs Fastify: What are the differences?
# Introduction
In this comparison, we will explore the key differences between Echo and Fastify.
1. **Performance**: Fastify is known for its high performance due to its low overhead and efficient architecture, which makes it faster in handling requests compared to Echo.
2. **Middleware Support**: Echo provides a vast array of middleware options out of the box, while Fastify encourages users to rely more on plugins for middleware functionalities.
3. **Validation**: Fastify has built-in request validation support, making it easier for developers to validate and sanitize incoming data as compared to Echo where developers need to manage validation manually using libraries.
4. **Error Handling**: Echo offers more control over error handling through customizable error handling middleware, whereas Fastify has a more streamlined approach with built-in error handling mechanisms.
5. **TypeScript Support**: Fastify has strong support for TypeScript out of the box, making it easier for developers to write type-safe code, in contrast to Echo which requires additional setup and configuration for TypeScript support.
6. **Plugin Ecosystem**: Fastify has a larger and more mature ecosystem of plugins that extend its functionality, while Echo's plugin ecosystem is still growing and may have limited options for certain use cases.
In Summary, Fastify excels in performance and validation support, with a strong emphasis on TypeScript, while Echo provides more middleware options and customizable error handling capabilities.
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Pros of Echo
- Easy to use11
- Highly customizable10
- Performance10
- Open source9
- Lightweight9
- Middleware7
- Minimal3
Pros of Fastify
- Performance21
- Easy to use13
- Lightweight12
- Open source9
- Middleware9
- Highly customizable6
- Developer friendly4
- Decorators4
- Low overhead4
- Built-in Typescript support4
- Mature3
- Schema based3
- Plugins3
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Cons of Fastify
- Small community1
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What is Echo?
It is a high performance, extensible, minimalist web framework for Go (Golang).
What is Fastify?
Fastify is a web framework highly focused on speed and low overhead. It is inspired from Hapi and Express and as far as we know, it is one of the fastest web frameworks in town. Use Fastify can increase your throughput up to 100%.
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What are some alternatives to Echo and Fastify?
Alexa
It is a cloud-based voice service and the brain behind tens of millions of devices including the Echo family of devices, FireTV, Fire Tablet, and third-party devices. You can build voice experiences, or skills, that make everyday tasks faster, easier, and more delightful for customers.
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Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
Flask
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Django REST framework
It is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.
FastAPI
It is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.