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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Fastify was conceived by Matteo Collina while working at NearForm in 2015. Collina and Tomas Della Vedova created Fastify in September 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> According to the Fastify <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a> repository, the initial release, version 0.1.0, was on October 17, 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Building upon the technical foundations of Fastify, Collina and Luca Maraschi create Platformatic in 2022, to support a "batteries-included" developer experience for building APIs (<a href="/facts/REST/Q58zfr5h">REST</a>/<a href="/facts/OpenAPI_Specification/QrSdM4bg">OpenAPI</a> or <a href="/facts/GraphQL/9Qn7J4rA">GraphQL</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Core features include: </p> <ul><li>Concentration on high-performance</li> <li>Extensibility</li> <li><a href="/facts/JSON_Schema/bs1rUAhd">JSON Schema</a> validated <a href="/facts/Routing/Ml6MVCaC">routing</a></li> <li>Logging</li> <li>Developer friendly</li> <li><a href="/facts/TypeScript/W9J27V1N">TypeScript</a> ready</li></ul> <h2 id="popularity">Popularity</h2> <p>Fastify is used by <a href="/facts/Capital_One/NMhw32RE">Capital One</a>, <a href="/facts/Walmart/E6dPQV2m">Walmart</a>, <a href="/facts/American_Express/3W30blIe">American Express</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> and others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_server-side_web_frameworks/1708mQ6r">Comparison of server-side web frameworks § JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Socket.IO/WFzbpcKs">Socket.IO</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://fastify.dev/">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/fastify/fastify">fastify</a> on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Fastify home page". Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://fastify.dev/" target="_blank">https://fastify.dev/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Dindi, Sandra (March 22, 2023). "5 Node.js Packages to Build Your Next API". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/nodejs-build-api-packages/" target="_blank">https://www.makeuseof.com/nodejs-build-api-packages/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Mulders, Michiel (October 19, 2020). "How to Create Your First REST API with Fastify". SitePoint. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://www.sitepoint.com/create-rest-api-fastify/" target="_blank">https://www.sitepoint.com/create-rest-api-fastify/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Lawson, Loraine (October 11, 2023). "A Showdown Between Express.js and Fastify Web App Frameworks". The New Stack. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://thenewstack.io/a-showdown-between-express-js-and-fastify-web-app-frameworks/" target="_blank">https://thenewstack.io/a-showdown-between-express-js-and-fastify-web-app-frameworks/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Collina, Matteo (May 17, 2023). "A tale of community: How the quest for better performance led to Fastify and grew into Platformatic". Blog. Platformatic. Retrieved 2024-11-19. A few months later, in June 2016, while delivering a Node.js training course at Avanscoperta in Bologna, an attendee asked me how to get started working in Open Source. His name was Tomas Della Vedova, and by the end of the course, I asked him if he wanted to build this Node.js framework with me. By September, we landed the first commit of what would later become Fastify. <a href="https://blog.platformatic.dev/a-tale-of-community-how-the-quest-for-better-performance-led-to-fastify-and-grew-into-platformatic" target="_blank">https://blog.platformatic.dev/a-tale-of-community-how-the-quest-for-better-performance-led-to-fastify-and-grew-into-platformatic</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Release v0.1.0". fastify/fastify. GitHub. Retrieved 2024-11-19. <a href="https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v0.1.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v0.1.0</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Scott, Josh (June 1, 2023). "Platformatic secures $3.5 million, launches tech to simplify back-end development for enterprises". BetaKit. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://betakit.com/platformatic-secures-3-5-million-launches-tech-to-simplify-back-end-development-for-enterprises/" target="_blank">https://betakit.com/platformatic-secures-3-5-million-launches-tech-to-simplify-back-end-development-for-enterprises/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Williams, Marie (June 1, 2023). "Platformatic Raises $3.5M to Help Developers and Enterprises Evolve Microservices Without a Costly Rearchitecture of Legacy Backend". Business Wire. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230531006036/en/Platformatic-Raises-3.5M-to-Help-Developers-and-Enterprises-Evolve-Microservices-Without-a-Costly-Rearchitecture-of-Legacy-Backend" target="_blank">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230531006036/en/Platformatic-Raises-3.5M-to-Help-Developers-and-Enterprises-Evolve-Microservices-Without-a-Costly-Rearchitecture-of-Legacy-Backend</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Collina, Matteo (May 17, 2023). "A tale of community: How the quest for better performance led to Fastify and grew into Platformatic". Blog. Platformatic. Retrieved 2024-11-19. A few months later, in June 2016, while delivering a Node.js training course at Avanscoperta in Bologna, an attendee asked me how to get started working in Open Source. His name was Tomas Della Vedova, and by the end of the course, I asked him if he wanted to build this Node.js framework with me. By September, we landed the first commit of what would later become Fastify. <a href="https://blog.platformatic.dev/a-tale-of-community-how-the-quest-for-better-performance-led-to-fastify-and-grew-into-platformatic" target="_blank">https://blog.platformatic.dev/a-tale-of-community-how-the-quest-for-better-performance-led-to-fastify-and-grew-into-platformatic</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Organisations using Fastify". fastify.dev. Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://fastify.dev/organisations/" target="_blank">https://fastify.dev/organisations/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>