# Hono vs Micronaut

| Attribute | Hono | Micronaut |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 65.6 (66% (medium)) | 62.2 (78% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 79 | 76 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 668 | 1,305 |
| adoption.github_stars | 31,974 | 6,421 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source TypeScript-based web framework that compiles to under 14kB and runs natively on Cloudflare Workers, Fastly, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, Node.js, and other JavaScript runtimes. Emphasizes clean APIs, TypeScript support, and comprehensive middleware ecosystem. | A modern Java framework designed to reduce startup time and memory overhead through compile-time optimization rather than runtime reflection, providing built-in support for dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, cloud-native patterns, and microservice infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"TypeScript","api_routes":true,"edge_runtime":true,"typescript_first":true}` | `{"language":"Java, Groovy, Kotlin","api_routes":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 19 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"GraalVM"},{"name":"Netty"},{"name":"Jackson"},{"name":"Gradle"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Eureka"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Flyway"},{"name":"Logback"},{"name":"SDKMAN"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"H2"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Java |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hono.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:31:54.094Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://micronaut.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:07:33.979Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | 1 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.5","date":"2026-08-26T02:00:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.4","date":"2026-08-24T08:49:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.3","date":"2026-08-18T10:57:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.2","date":"2026-08-13T11:56:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.1","date":"2026-08-07T06:45:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.0","date":"2026-08-03T21:55:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.34","date":"2026-08-03T02:37:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.34"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.33","date":"2026-07-31T10:42:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.33"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.32","date":"2026-07-24T08:56:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.31","date":"2026-07-18T23:16:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.31"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.30","date":"2026-07-13T00:36:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.30"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.29","date":"2026-07-10T09:33:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.29"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.28","date":"2026-07-06T10:08:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.27","date":"2026-06-23T02:51:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.27"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.26","date":"2026-06-18T02:19:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.25","date":"2026-06-09T03:30:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.24","date":"2026-06-08T11:16:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.23","date":"2026-05-25T02:00:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.22","date":"2026-05-22T09:16:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.21","date":"2026-05-19T11:40:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.21"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.12","date":"2026-08-21T08:14:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.11","date":"2026-08-17T07:53:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.0.7","date":"2026-07-23T08:40:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.10","date":"2026-07-22T13:17:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.9","date":"2026-07-21T11:40:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.8","date":"2026-07-20T12:04:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.7","date":"2026-07-17T15:05:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.0.6","date":"2026-07-15T13:01:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.6","date":"2026-07-13T10:07:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v3.10.10","date":"2026-07-13T08:59:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.5","date":"2026-07-09T11:33:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.4","date":"2026-07-08T13:21:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v4.10.26","date":"2026-07-08T07:46:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.10.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.0.5","date":"2026-07-07T07:23:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.3","date":"2026-06-29T12:22:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.0.4","date":"2026-06-29T09:56:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v3.10.9","date":"2026-06-29T09:06:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.2","date":"2026-06-19T12:51:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.1","date":"2026-06-17T16:27:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/tag/v5.1.0","date":"2026-06-16T14:25:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.2 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":47,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=hono&per_page=100","last_12m":43,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.micronaut%3Amicronaut-inject&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"LOW"}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Hono | Micronaut |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | - | - |
| File-based routing | - | - |
| Language | TypeScript | Java, Groovy, Kotlin |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | - | - |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ | - |
| Fast refresh / HMR | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:23:13.440Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*