hono

name	hono
description	Hono 4 — small ultrafast multi-runtime web framework on Web Standards. Use when: hono, honojs, Cloudflare Workers, Bun, Deno, Vercel Edge, AWS Lambda, hono Context (c.req, c.json, c.env, c.var), hc<AppType>() RPC client, zValidator, @hono/zod-validator, hono/jwt, hono/cors, hono/cookie, hono/etag, hono/secure-headers, hono/body-limit, hono/compress, RegExpRouter, TrieRouter, LinearRouter, hono/tiny, @hono/node-server, KVNamespace, D1Database, R2Bucket, DurableObjectNamespace. SKIP: Fastify / Node-native (→fastify), Express (→express), NestJS (→nestjs cascade), itty-router (niche).
stacks	["hono","edge-runtime","nodejs-backend","typescript"]
packages	["hono","@hono/node-server","@hono/zod-validator","@hono/zod-openapi","@hono/swagger-ui"]
tags	["hono","edge","cloudflare-workers","bun","deno","vercel-edge","typescript","rpc","web-standards"]
manifests	["package.json","wrangler.toml"]
source	vechkasov-global-skills
risk	high-stakes

🎯 Version Requirements (May 2026)

Primary pins:

• Hono: 4.x
• Node.js: 24.x (Active LTS)
• TypeScript: 6.0.x

Source of truth: STACK_VERSIONS.md — verified 2026-05-16

Usage

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Use this skill when

• Building a web app or API targeting edge runtimes — Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Deno Deploy, Bun, Fastly Compute@Edge, AWS Lambda
• Building a Node.js HTTP server with @hono/node-server adapter (minimal bundle / startup)
• Using c.req.valid('json'/'query'/'param'/'header'/'form'/'cookie') with @hono/zod-validator
• Generating a type-safe RPC client (hc<AppType>()) consumed from the frontend
• Composing built-in middleware: cors, logger, etag, csrf, secureHeaders, jwt, basicAuth, bearerAuth, bodyLimit, compress, prettyJSON, serveStatic, cache, timeout, requestId
• Generating OpenAPI specs via @hono/zod-openapi
• Choosing routers: RegExpRouter (default), TrieRouter, LinearRouter (Lambda cold start), SmartRouter (auto), hono/tiny
• Writing a route factory (createFactory().createHandlers(...)) for shared middleware composition
• Wiring cookies via setCookie/getCookie/setSignedCookie from hono/cookie
• Workers bindings: KVNamespace, D1Database, R2Bucket, DurableObjectNamespace, Queue<T>
• Testing routes via app.request(url, init) — no socket, no port