Middleware

As a rule, when you develop web applications, a web framework is not enough. Below is a list of modern modules and middleware for building backend apps.

Static server

• sirv - An optimized middleware & CLI application for serving static files

Template engine

• Eta - Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lighweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript
• Edge.js - Node.js templating engine with fresh air
• micromustache - An extremely fast and small sub-implementation of the template engine for JavaScript
• Squirelly - Semi-embedded JS template engine that supports helpers, filters, partials, and template inheritance. 4KB minzipped, written in TypeScript
• sprightly - A very light-weight JS template engine

Logger

• @tinyhttp/logger - Simple HTTP logger for tinyhttp
• Pino HTTP - high-speed HTTP logger for Node.js
• chrona - Simple HTTP request logger middleware for express.js inspired from koa-logger, written in typescript.

Session

• micro-session - Session middleware for micro
• next-session - Simple promise-based session middleware for Next.js, micro, Express, and more
• iron-session - Next.js stateless session utility using signed and encrypted cookies to store data. Also works with Express, and Node.js HTTP servers.

CSRF

• malibu - Framework-agnostic CSRF middleware for modern Node.js.

Body parser

• milliparsec - Tiniest body parser in the universe. Built for modern Node.js.

Cookies

• cookie-parser - Cookie parsing middleware for Node.js.

Metrics

• ping - Response time checker middleware.

CORS

• cors - CORS middleware for modern Node.js.

Swagger

• swagger - Swagger integration for tinyhttp.

Misc

• unless - Unless middleware for tinyhttp.