Getting Started

Welcome to the Volten documentation!

Volten is an incredibly fast, 0-dependency Node.js HTTP framework. It is built purely on top of Node.js primitives to offer an Express-like developer experience while utilizing a highly optimized routing tree and an Adaptive JIT Engine.

Installation

You can install Volten using your favorite package manager:

npm

npm install volten

pnpm

pnpm add volten

yarn

yarn add volten

bun

bun add volten

Basic Usage

Here is a simple example to get your server running:

import { App } from "volten";

const app = new App();

app.get("/", (ctx) => {
  ctx.send("Hello World!");
});

app.get("/user/:id", (ctx) => {
  const userId = ctx.params.id;
  ctx.json({ userId });
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("Server is running on http://localhost:3000");
});

To run this, simply execute:

node server.js

Next Steps

Now that your server is running, check out the core concepts:

• Routing: Learn how to handle different methods, wildcards, and parameters.
• Context (ctx): Learn about the powerful ctx object used to send responses and read requests.