Hono: Hono on Node.js

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The introduction used Bun. You can use Node.js instead.

When running bunx create-hono <app-name>, select the Node.js template:

Enter the project folder and run npm i to install dependencies.

With Node.js you must import serve from @hono/node-server and call it to start the server. With Bun you only export app and Bun runs it:

import { serve } from '@hono/node-server'
import { Hono } from 'hono'

const app = new Hono()
app.get('/', (c) => c.text('Hello Hono!'))

serve(app)

Run npm run start to start Hono.