What's your go-to web framework for new web APIs?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/node

SurveyJS: Build JSON-Driven Surveys and Forms with Full Data Control
Add the SurveyJS UI components to your JS app (React/Angular/Vue3). Securely collect and analyze data without sending it to 3rd-party servers. Fully customizable, works with any backend, and ideal for data-heavy apps. Learn more.
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InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads
InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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  1. Nest

    A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

    https://nestjs.com/ I’ve tried many and still love nestjs

  2. SurveyJS

    SurveyJS: Build JSON-Driven Surveys and Forms with Full Data Control. Add the SurveyJS UI components to your JS app (React/Angular/Vue3). Securely collect and analyze data without sending it to 3rd-party servers. Fully customizable, works with any backend, and ideal for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  3. chubbyts-framework

    A minimal, highly performant middleware PSR-15 inspired function based microframework built with as little complexity as possible, aimed primarily at those developers who want to understand all the vendors they use.

    Mine https://github.com/chubbyts/chubbyts-framework, cause i want it minimal, but flexible as well

  4. hono

    Web framework built on Web Standards

  5. davinci

    Declarative, Code-First, Typescript Framework for Node.js APIs and message-based systems. (by HPInc)

    Davinci https://github.com/HPInc/davinci It supports both fastify and express as the underlying servers

  6. Ts.ED

    :triangular_ruler: Ts.ED is a Node.js and TypeScript framework on top of Express to write your application with TypeScript (or ES6). It provides a lot of decorators and guideline to make your code more readable and less error-prone. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

    has anyone looked at tsed.io

  7. mojo.js

    :unicorn: The Mojolicious real-time web framework for Node.js

    mojo.js, it's a very old school web framework.

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