fastifyvsexpress

Winner: fastify

fastify is the safest overall pick in this comparison

fastify80/100

express66/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: fastify: 80/100, express: 66/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: fastify: 0, express: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: fastify: 0, express: 0.
OpenSSF scores: fastify: 8.3/10, express: 8.9/10.

Caveats

The score favors fastify, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	fastify	express
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	12 days ago	228 days ago
Open issues	72 open issues	106 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 23.15% of commits	top contributor makes 68.85% of commits
OpenSSF score	8.3/10	8.9/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types	ships TypeScript types

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

fastifyexpress

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Week	fastify	express
2026-07-13	5,160,297	60,715,214
2026-07-06	8,870,813	105,613,670
2026-06-29	8,692,877	106,634,055
2026-06-22	8,846,595	109,234,890
2026-06-15	8,494,515	110,966,393
2026-06-08	8,443,087	110,362,880
2026-06-01	6,680,071	91,189,494
2026-05-25	7,307,661	102,441,526
2026-05-18	7,903,679	107,199,932
2026-05-11	7,687,311	104,948,193
2026-05-04	7,216,004	97,364,089
2026-04-27	6,816,536	95,106,692
2026-04-20	6,817,648	93,601,906
2026-04-13	6,610,291	92,403,852
2026-04-06	5,904,710	88,558,085
2026-03-30	5,584,564	87,258,816
2026-03-23	6,063,055	96,246,348
2026-03-16	5,911,199	90,501,476
2026-03-09	5,851,072	87,634,893
2026-03-02	5,595,109	84,378,779
2026-02-23	5,551,320	79,800,546
2026-02-16	4,918,036	69,341,017
2026-02-09	5,060,688	69,759,492
2026-02-02	5,150,074	67,032,780
2026-01-26	4,717,377	64,358,082
2026-01-19	4,409,155	60,478,845
2026-01-12	4,080,726	58,612,675
2026-01-05	3,356,668	54,070,149
2025-12-29	1,827,003	31,768,560
2025-12-22	1,912,088	33,740,397
2025-12-15	3,434,742	55,373,326
2025-12-08	3,430,749	58,275,083
2025-12-01	3,456,396	60,031,481
2025-11-24	3,110,385	52,025,285
2025-11-17	3,387,906	53,638,731
2025-11-10	3,255,233	51,138,829
2025-11-03	3,237,536	50,864,712
2025-10-27	3,113,179	49,999,023
2025-10-20	3,141,670	52,298,454
2025-10-13	3,099,453	50,207,403
2025-10-06	3,069,376	49,296,263
2025-09-29	3,034,493	47,453,240
2025-09-22	2,984,361	47,483,857
2025-09-15	2,897,246	47,870,062
2025-09-08	2,861,728	47,387,394
2025-09-01	2,632,734	44,386,683
2025-08-25	2,693,947	53,894,125
2025-08-18	2,661,648	45,042,320
2025-08-11	2,622,505	41,994,852
2025-08-04	2,580,012	43,033,627
2025-07-28	2,680,620	46,640,363
2025-07-21	2,532,623	43,521,685
2025-07-14	2,643,913	44,597,192
2025-07-07	2,669,991	46,539,698
2025-06-30	2,616,251	44,928,592
2025-06-23	2,877,226	51,037,068
2025-06-16	2,838,174	49,664,453
2025-06-09	2,583,001	44,488,134
2025-06-02	2,528,451	43,577,446
2025-05-26	2,354,496	40,302,622
2025-05-19	2,563,782	43,307,353
2025-05-12	2,535,492	44,588,275
2025-05-05	2,402,975	41,828,833
2025-04-28	2,231,758	35,327,742
2025-04-21	2,331,600	36,986,291
2025-04-14	2,313,100	36,123,670
2025-04-07	2,336,747	37,925,171
2025-03-31	2,465,727	37,646,197
2025-03-24	2,506,193	37,352,944
2025-03-17	2,472,315	37,115,558
2025-03-10	2,385,286	36,848,556
2025-03-03	2,339,301	36,505,866
2025-02-24	2,366,090	37,028,854
2025-02-17	2,287,919	35,401,766
2025-02-10	2,357,206	36,654,078
2025-02-03	2,252,655	38,610,131
2025-01-27	2,209,570	34,623,992
2025-01-20	2,207,559	33,266,695
2025-01-13	2,204,574	33,810,712
2025-01-06	2,046,843	31,836,812
2024-12-30	1,217,352	18,748,507
2024-12-23	1,131,517	17,299,864
2024-12-16	2,140,694	32,836,752
2024-12-09	2,210,252	34,113,708
2024-12-02	2,219,157	34,232,238
2024-11-25	2,150,573	32,755,830
2024-11-18	2,375,570	36,941,753
2024-11-11	2,185,858	34,286,838
2024-11-04	1,915,681	34,623,898
2024-10-28	1,782,631	32,486,005
2024-10-21	1,842,860	35,307,445
2024-10-14	1,811,614	33,807,837
2024-10-07	1,900,170	33,766,561
2024-09-30	1,807,907	31,660,666
2024-09-23	1,838,351	32,786,321
2024-09-16	1,803,715	32,397,019
2024-09-09	1,817,143	33,392,678
2024-09-02	1,736,702	29,490,553
2024-08-26	1,777,248	29,854,758
2024-08-19	1,812,390	29,549,454
2024-08-12	1,666,085	28,229,484
2024-08-05	1,704,875	29,837,673
2024-07-29	1,722,693	30,085,144
2024-07-22	1,710,940	30,163,735
2024-07-15	1,748,344	30,568,088
2024-07-08	1,668,083	30,192,471
2024-07-01	1,575,879	28,003,493
2024-06-24	1,638,813	29,921,254
2024-06-17	1,620,336	29,534,774
2024-06-10	1,616,854	30,228,785
2024-06-03	1,597,128	30,594,730
2024-05-27	1,550,710	28,708,487
2024-05-20	1,577,890	29,044,753
2024-05-13	1,699,037	29,903,070
2024-05-06	1,564,646	27,953,092
2024-04-29	1,494,048	26,899,289
2024-04-22	1,578,856	29,863,098
2024-04-15	1,736,957	30,216,209
2024-04-08	1,630,921	29,507,600
2024-04-01	1,566,697	29,061,199
2024-03-25	1,400,956	27,887,066
2024-03-18	1,814,590	31,564,393
2024-03-11	1,824,010	31,207,287
2024-03-04	1,847,527	31,025,166
2024-02-26	1,901,535	30,327,167
2024-02-19	1,796,443	28,394,778
2024-02-12	1,770,096	27,416,788
2024-02-05	1,732,937	28,044,432
2024-01-29	1,710,280	28,752,448
2024-01-22	1,655,753	28,045,369
2024-01-15	1,573,421	26,988,664
2024-01-08	1,423,645	26,904,529
2024-01-01	1,112,993	20,920,555
2023-12-25	744,108	15,572,728
2023-12-18	1,250,648	25,355,507
2023-12-11	1,463,872	28,076,324
2023-12-04	1,407,524	27,546,008
2023-11-27	1,423,066	29,498,639
2023-11-20	1,339,306	28,117,524
2023-11-13	1,366,926	29,987,354
2023-11-06	1,399,631	30,153,981
2023-10-30	972,652	20,800,492
2023-10-23	1,441,149	29,247,225
2023-10-16	1,426,736	29,605,338
2023-10-09	1,248,851	27,824,043
2023-10-02	1,249,630	27,707,789
2023-09-25	1,327,942	28,461,134
2023-09-18	1,337,542	29,141,246
2023-09-11	1,344,880	29,138,035
2023-09-04	1,220,168	27,306,173
2023-08-28	1,282,977	28,657,443
2023-08-21	1,253,624	29,292,642
2023-08-14	1,194,179	27,191,169
2023-08-07	1,268,026	28,001,049
2023-07-31	1,280,600	27,710,700
2023-07-24	1,244,803	27,935,482
2023-07-17	1,230,490	28,115,270
2023-07-10	1,188,501	28,838,615
2023-07-03	1,108,278	26,455,347
2023-06-26	1,118,218	27,613,290
2023-06-19	1,147,820	28,151,669
2023-06-12	1,153,397	29,301,420
2023-06-05	1,126,533	28,458,875
2023-05-29	1,128,375	26,629,949
2023-05-22	1,136,082	27,386,473
2023-05-15	1,133,076	27,995,216
2023-05-08	1,116,569	28,040,768
2023-05-01	1,018,079	26,368,321
2023-04-24	1,083,277	29,306,221
2023-04-17	1,043,205	29,540,394
2023-04-10	986,328	27,413,011
2023-04-03	934,106	26,618,858
2023-03-27	1,033,654	29,569,956
2023-03-20	1,065,410	29,243,441
2023-03-13	1,023,748	29,252,811
2023-03-06	991,150	28,581,504
2023-02-27	1,038,482	29,202,900
2023-02-20	962,833	29,010,226
2023-02-13	974,261	29,133,468
2023-02-06	1,050,540	29,753,333
2023-01-30	989,040	29,209,880
2023-01-23	926,705	27,092,811
2023-01-16	874,367	26,364,373
2023-01-09	897,240	26,997,213
2023-01-02	671,447	22,040,343
2022-12-26	400,656	15,271,873
2022-12-19	700,104	23,059,823
2022-12-12	872,836	27,919,090
2022-12-05	864,131	29,530,493
2022-11-28	842,130	27,810,229
2022-11-21	787,452	25,489,153
2022-11-14	852,964	29,305,457
2022-11-07	949,820	27,774,249
2022-10-31	861,979	26,826,934
2022-10-24	836,683	27,146,393
2022-10-17	790,955	27,420,324
2022-10-10	728,594	26,391,530
2022-10-03	723,150	24,907,839
2022-09-26	741,175	25,880,051
2022-09-19	709,338	25,233,764
2022-09-12	712,906	25,862,230
2022-09-05	655,745	24,174,521
2022-08-29	696,700	24,684,720
2022-08-22	721,753	25,321,272
2022-08-15	645,175	24,713,689
2022-08-08	619,847	24,996,971
2022-08-01	600,270	25,071,501
2022-07-25	607,615	25,030,813
2022-07-18	692,543	20,849,635
2022-07-11	1,774,760	23,871,078
2022-07-04	548,492	22,847,164
2022-06-27	556,584	24,542,406
2022-06-20	548,694	24,393,324
2022-06-13	550,332	24,446,044
2022-06-06	547,420	24,780,957
2022-05-30	538,907	24,724,896
2022-05-23	503,478	24,619,330
2022-05-16	527,015	24,999,768
2022-05-09	507,989	24,793,218
2022-05-02	458,235	21,793,585
2022-04-25	514,152	24,277,991
2022-04-18	439,139	21,850,279
2022-04-11	438,248	22,097,414
2022-04-04	459,937	24,117,230
2022-03-28	458,128	25,079,454
2022-03-21	443,524	24,602,530
2022-03-14	435,110	24,297,601
2022-03-07	432,140	24,112,813
2022-02-28	412,636	23,775,552
2022-02-21	407,026	23,567,202
2022-02-14	423,541	24,708,289
2022-02-07	411,077	23,992,276
2022-01-31	394,698	22,758,172
2022-01-24	390,086	22,677,444
2022-01-17	396,375	22,091,137
2022-01-10	377,661	22,120,356
2022-01-03	318,231	18,474,895
2021-12-27	231,466	12,472,156
2021-12-20	320,013	16,826,912
2021-12-13	427,469	20,298,941
2021-12-06	375,835	19,005,088
2021-11-29	362,650	19,143,328
2021-11-22	307,303	17,198,465
2021-11-15	343,234	18,816,214
2021-11-08	355,841	18,403,620
2021-11-01	296,738	17,656,232
2021-10-25	308,666	18,588,057
2021-10-18	309,353	18,421,268
2021-10-11	283,097	17,840,951
2021-10-04	289,035	18,185,942
2021-09-27	296,870	4,696,657
2021-09-20	287,844	0
2021-09-13	274,753	0
2021-09-06	254,810	0
2021-08-30	263,574	0
2021-08-23	259,705	0
2021-08-16	246,989	0
2021-08-09	249,371	0
2021-08-02	262,338	0
2021-07-26	247,681	0
2021-07-19	235,078	0
2021-07-12	11,656	0