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Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

79 mentions on Hacker News by 72 people: 19 stories, 60 comments · first 2009-11-19 · latest 2026-02-03

Mentions per year 79 mentions · busiest year 2016 (17)
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  1. I can imagine a few maintainers might appreciate that ability ( https://github.com/expressjs/express/pulls?q=is%3Apr%20is%3A... ).
  2. Holy cow, what a mess - https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/6956
  3. …video is a huge source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8F0nW6S Check the closed PR's on express https://github.com/expressjs/express Yikes!
  4. …any indication. It was a very good reason for me to be surprised and annoyed at that time. [1] https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/76e8bfa1dcb7b293...
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2024-10-07 · in How do HTTP servers figure out Content-Length?
  5. https://github.com/expressjs/express/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Acl...
  6. ▲ 44
    ExpressJS 5.0
    story by javatuts · 2024-09-11 · 5 comments
  7. ▲ 4
    ExpressJS 5.0 Released
    story by rareitem · 2024-09-10 · 4 comments
  8. ▲ 21
    ExpressJS 5.0 Released
    story by tanepiper · 2024-09-10 · 8 comments
  9. ▲ 5
    Express.js Releases Version 5
    story by jimmcslim · 2024-09-10 · 0 comments
  10. …- Vue overtook Angular in usage - zombie Express still dominates (context: v5 is nowhere to be seen https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/4920 ) - voracious Next (with not so great sentiment in comments) - strong TS preference over…
    comment by morbicer · 2024-06-27 · in State of JavaScript 2023
  11. …- Vue overtook Angular in usage - zombie Express still dominates (context: v5 is nowhere to be seen https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/4920 ) - voracious Next (with not so great sentiment in comments) - strong TS preference over…
    comment by morbicer · 2024-06-27 · in State of JavaScript 2023
  12. https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/5.0/History.md
    comment by rareitem · 2024-05-02 · in Express 5.0 – Last Push
  13. Wild, this 5.0 release has been cooking since 2014: https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/5.x/History.md#500... That’s also the full 5.0 change log so far for anyone interested.
    comment by blopker · 2024-05-01 · in Express 5.0 – Last Push
  14. They've now added a GitHub action to detect spam pull requests: https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5480/files
  15. ▲ 1
    Pull Requests – Expressjs/Express
    story by lopkeny12ko · 2024-02-08 · 0 comments
  16. ▲ 2
    ExpressJS Gets DDoS'd via GitHub PR
    story by thorncorona · 2024-02-06 · 0 comments
  17. And that's been in production for over 8 years https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2755
    comment by pcthrowaway · 2023-12-29 · in Cold-blooded software
  18. Express v5 is allegedly coming out in the near future ( https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/4920 )
    comment by rareitem · 2023-12-29 · in Cold-blooded software
  19. …but judging from users' comments on this issue about the release plans, it seems to work just fine: https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/4920 The maintainer said this three months ago in a comment on that issue: > Express 5 is…
    comment by cipheredStones · 2023-04-19 · in Node.js 20 is now available
  20. …it's positioning itself as the logical migration path for companies moving away from perl? [0] https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2844 [1] https://twitter.com/kraih/status/1392405140406210560
  21. ▲ 1
    ExpressJs new version 4.17.2 released after more than 2 years
    story by rronalddas · 2021-12-17 · 0 comments
  22. …to be Jan 2021 [1]), I'm fine with an ancient (but stable) dinosaur and all of its weird kinks [1] https://github.com/expressjs/express
  23. …October 2018. We are still waiting for http2 (2 years) or better support for promises (3 years). https://github.com/expressjs/express/tree/5.0 https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/4196 https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2761…
  24. Links: - - - https://github.com/expressjs/express/pulls https://thenewstack.io/node-js-foundation-adopts-express-fra... https://foundation.nodejs.org/ https://openjsf.org/projects/
    comment by johnnyAghands · 2019-08-01 · in Ask HN: Is Express Sick?
  25. …there's nothing frameworks need to do, it's just a matter of swapping out the HTTP server (e.x. https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2364#issuecommen... ) or maybe even just sticking an HTTP/2-compatible reverse proxy close to the…
    comment by tlrobinson · 2019-03-08 · in Stop Wasting Connections, Use HTTP Keep-Alive
  26. express does not have dependency on yummy https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/package.jso...
  27. …of the concepts is simple and clear. [1] https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/webauth:sec10.pdf [2] https://github.com/expressjs/express/blob/master/examples/au... [3] https://expressjs.com/2x/screencasts.html
  28. …also the 'spdy' module for http2 despite the name. It's what express.js supports for HTTP/2. [1]: https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2364
  29. …flow "Express", like [1]. Beautiful work nonetheless. [0] https://github.com/senchalabs/connect [1] https://github.com/expressjs/express
  30. …but then there was no follow-up since. Insightful and entertaining discussion from begin of year: https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2844 Seems like Doug (maintainer of express.js) could need some help but is he prepared to…
    comment by tannhaeuser · 2016-11-29 · in Why I’m thankful for JavaScript fatigue
  31. …Node.js https://nodejs.org/ and learn to use Express (it's a simpler version than Glazed) at https://github.com/expressjs/express (see examples folder)
  32. …dying?' [1] that contains all of the events, issues and comments from Doug, TJ, SL and IBM. [1] - https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2844
  33. ▲ 4
    Issue for Express 5 re-opened by maintainer
    story by jamescostian · 2016-02-29 · 1 comment
  34. ▲ 3
    Express.js maintainer resigns
    story by Gigablah · 2016-02-28 · 0 comments
  35. Presumably 'technical committee'. https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2895
    comment by packetized · 2016-02-26 · in “I am closing down Express 5.0”
  36. …on the heels of some other issues [0] last month, around Doug's involvement in the project. [0] https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2844 Edit: To be clear, this is in no way meant to impugn Doug's extensive contributions to Express.
    comment by packetized · 2016-02-26 · in “I am closing down Express 5.0”
  37. ▲ 2
    Express.js repo no longer under StrongLoop
    story by zbuttram · 2016-02-11 · 0 comments
  38. ▲ 4
    Express is applying for Incubation Under the Node.js Foundation
    story by tilt · 2016-01-29 · 0 comments
  39. ▲ 3
    Express applying for incubation under the Node.js Foundation
    story by petetnt · 2016-01-29 · 0 comments
  40. ▲ 3
    Don't use Express anymore, Koa is vastly superior
    story by ruanyf · 2016-01-18 · 0 comments
  41. …don't hand the keys to anyone who isn't a trusted driver Here's a link that explains what happened https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2264 > just be the best dev/leader you can be ... Oh come on! We should be thankful for the…
    comment by jeswin · 2016-01-17 · in Is Express.js dying?
  42. …of the transfer of the Express repo's ownership to Strongloop occurred here in June 2014: https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2264 Back then, many in the community were surprised by the sponsorship (sale?) of the project and…
    comment by creamyhorror · 2016-01-17 · in Is Express.js dying?
  43. Well here is the answer from the guy who is still maintaining it: https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2827 The link is from the fifth comment. When developing in node it makes a lot of sense to use lots of different modules for…
    comment by egroat · 2016-01-17 · in Is Express.js dying?
  44. ▲ 183
    Is Express.js dying?
    story by creamyhorror · 2016-01-17 · 68 comments
  45. …install directly from GitHub: npm install visionmedia/express Or any git repo: npm install git+https://git@github.com/visionmedia/express.git npm install git+ssh://git@github.com/visionmedia/express.git
    comment by simplify · 2016-01-13 · in Lodash 4.0.0 is out
  46. ▲ 1
    Future of Express leadership uncertain
    story by swk2015 · 2016-01-10 · 0 comments
  47. ▲ 14
    Ask HN: What happened to Express.js?
    story by MehdiHK · 2015-10-31 · 11 comments
  48. …at DailyJS. DailyJS in general was a great blog that is now closed, but the archives are still up. https://github.com/strongloop/express http://dailyjs.com/framework-index/
  49. …collaborate well on software. In this case it just led to resolving a misunderstanding on my part: https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2464 At the bottom you can see I tipped some BTC. I recommend everyone should have a little…
    comment by malgorithms · 2015-04-07 · in Keybase.io
  50. …mention that Netflix could have consulted the express maintainers (us) but didn't. Source: myself - https://github.com/strongloop/express/pull/2237#issuecomment...
    comment by Fishrock123 · 2014-11-20 · in Node.js in Flame Graphs