Hono

Hono Skill

Ultrafast web framework for the Edges.

Ecosystem Graph

graph LR
  hono["Hono"]
  hono -- "alternative to" --> express
  hono -- "deploys to" --> cloudflare

Quick Start

Hono is designed specifically for Edge Runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Fastly). It utilizes the standard Web Fetch API rather than Node.js specific APIs.

npm create hono@latest

Production Patterns

RPC (Remote Procedure Call)

Hono provides hono/rpc which allows you to share your backend route types with your frontend, enabling end-to-end type safety without generating OpenAPI schemas.

Architecture & Scaling

Web Standard APIs

Hono strictly uses the Web Standard Request and Response objects. You cannot use Node.js res.send() or req.body. Instead, you use c.json() and await c.req.json().

Error Recovery

Use app.onError to catch exceptions globally. Since Edge functions often fail due to network timeouts when communicating with external databases, implement retry mechanisms using libraries designed for the Web Fetch API.

Security Notes

Hono includes built-in middleware for CSRF, CORS, and Basic Auth. When deploying to Cloudflare Workers, environment variables (secrets) are accessed via c.env rather than process.env.

Relationships

Alternatives: express

Deploys To: cloudflare

References

• Hono Docs

Why use this skill

Use this when your agent works with hono — structured patterns beat pasted docs and prevent common hallucinations.

AI pitfalls

• Using outdated SDK or API versions from training data
• Inventing environment variable names
• Omitting error handling and retry logic

Production checklist

• Secrets in environment variables, not source code
• Error handling and logging in place
• Rate limits and timeouts configured

Related skills

• express — alternative to
• cloudflare — deploys to

Last Verified: 2026-07-02