Introducing Ultimate Express: The 5x Fastest Drop-In Replacement for Express.js

Switching to a faster web server has never been easier. Introducing Ultimate Express, a blazing-fast alternative to Express.js that's fully compatible with both Express 4 and 5 codebases. With just one line of code, you can elevate your Node.js application's performance to new heights.

Seamless Integration

Migrating to Ultimate Express is incredibly simple. Follow these steps:

npm install ultimate-express

Uninstall the standard Express package:

npm uninstall express

Replace all instances of require('express') with require('ultimate-express') in your codebase. That's it!

Performance Comparison

Ultimate Express significantly outperforms many popular Node.js frameworks, as demonstrated by benchmarks using the bun-http-framework-benchmark tool. Below is a comparison of Ultimate Express with other frameworks:

|  Framework           | Average        | Ping          | Query         | Body          |
| -------------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| uws                  | 94,296.49      | 108,551.92    | 104,756.22    | 69,581.33     |
| hyper-express        | 66,356.707     | 80,002.53     | 69,953.76     | 49,113.83     |
| ultimate-express     | 57,343.813     | 64,608.03     | 60,234.78     | 47,188.63     |
| h3                   | 35,423.263     | 41,243.68     | 34,429.26     | 30,596.85     |
| fastify              | 33,094.62      | 40,147.67     | 40,076.35     | 19,059.84     |
| hono                 | 26,576.02      | 36,215.35     | 34,656.12     | 8,856.59      |
| koa                  | 24,045.08      | 28,202.12     | 24,590.84     | 19,342.28     |
| express              | 10,411.313     | 11,245.57     | 10,598.74     | 9,389.63      |

Key Features

• Compatibility: Ultimate Express maintains full compatibility with Express.js APIs, ensuring a smooth transition without breaking existing code.
• Performance: Built on µWebSockets, Ultimate Express leverages optimized routing and other enhancements to achieve up to 11.78x performance improvements in some scenarios.
• Ease of Use: Minimal changes required to migrate—simply replace your existing Express package with Ultimate Express.

Differences from Express.js

While Ultimate Express is designed to be a drop-in replacement for Express, there are a few key differences:

• Case Sensitive Routing: Enabled by default.
• Async Error Handling: Simplified with a new configuration option.
• Optimized Body Parsing: By default, the request body is only read for POST, PUT, and PATCH methods.
• Enhanced HTTPS Setup: Integrated uWS options directly in the app constructor.

Getting Started

To get stated with Ultimate Express, simply follow the installation steps mentioned above. For more detailed documentation and advanced usage tips, visit the GitHub repository.

Upgrade to Ultimate Express today and unlock the full potential of your Node.js applications with unmatched performance and ease of integration.