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<p>Fastify is a performance-oriented <a href="/facts/Frontend_and_backend/QVUfH8gu">backend</a> <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">web framework</a> for <a href="/facts/Node.js/FKzhV4Qa">Node.js</a>, released as <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a> under an <a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT License</a>. Its development was inspired by Hapi and <a href="/facts/Express.js/EJKbXAL4">Express</a>. </p><p>As a lightweight alternative to other Node.js <a href="/facts/Web_API/oVloUoIe">web API</a> frameworks, benchmarks reveal it to be significantly faster. </p>