Migrate from Express to Hono
42 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 41 repos, say they move a project from Express to Hono. 5 go the other way. Real code changes by developers in general, not only makers — read from the titles, so a PR is counted when its title says "Express to Hono".
When they moved
Pull requests a month. Most are recent: 33 in the last 13 months against 9 before. The busiest month was Mar 2026 (6).
The newest 20 pull requests
- refactor(backend): migrate Express HTTP stack completely to Honovoltcrash/oxytype · 2026-10-01
- Migrate from Express to Hono frameworkahmadsayed/arbesk · 2026-09-27
- changed express to honoipx12/SnakeMonorepo · 2026-09-22
- Migrate from Express to Honoremotebrowser/page-turner · 2026-09-09
- Migrate from Express to Honoremotebrowser/headline-hub · 2026-08-31
- refactor: use zod instead of express middleware; migrate to honoswrlab/ard-eventhub · 2026-08-10
- Convert Express backend to Hono on Cloudflare Workerscodingclubgcoerc/College_tech_backend · 2026-08-09
- Migrate frontend SSR from Express to Hono (+ Cloudflare Workers)HiEventsDev/Hi.Events · 2026-07-27
- vscode-inproc-mcp: migrate in-proc HTTP server from Express to Honomicrosoft/vscode-containers · 2026-07-23
- DevOps: migrate API runtime from Express to HonoGlory42/Interis · 2026-07-19
- Authsvc stack change from express.js to hono.jsUsmanDev24/userPost · 2026-07-09
- refactor!: express to honowajeht/bang · 2026-07-02
- refactor: migrate server from express to honoyoset77/shogihome-lab · 2026-06-27
- refactor: migrate ingest service from Express to Hono with Zod validationswrlab/ard-eventhub · 2026-06-26
- ref(backend): Migrate from Express to Hono + Bun; Closes #14 imxitiz/CodeSync · 2026-06-23
- feat: move from express to hononktnet1/pdfoxjs · 2026-06-03
- 82 migrate express to honosteelpipe75/padtools_ts · 2026-04-27
- refactor: migrate from Express to Hono frameworkWhY15w/lanzou · 2026-04-27
- feat: migrate from Express to Hono framework and add CLI scaffoldingkevinchatham/halide · 2026-04-20
- complete migration from express to honozekkv/localoco · 2026-04-10
Express and Hono, side by side
Among makers' products we track for backend framework: Express 3, Hono 5.
Where else Hono's newcomers come from
Fastify9 PRs
Questions
How many projects have moved from Express to Hono?
42 public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024, in 41 repos, have a title saying they move from Express to Hono.
Do projects move back from Hono to Express?
Yes: 5 pull requests over the same time go from Hono to Express, against 42 from Express to Hono.
GitHub search, Oct 2026 (as of 2026-10-02).