Node.js Router Benchmarks

This is a fork from mnutt. You are free to edit the scripts and run your tests. This benchmarks show the least overhead you will get when using each router.

Running the tests

npm install
./run.sh

• The tests results will be written in the folder results-2014
• Sample output http://pastebin.com/VA6v4NrR
• You need to have installed on your system node and wrk
• You can install wrk with brew wrk

Results overview

Tested on a MacBook Pro 13" 2012 @2,4Ghz i5

router    first route (req/sec)  20th route (req/sec)
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rawhttp                  10887.88        10407.13
director                 6264.09         5485.87
light-router             10414.99        10270.18
light-router (no-cache)  10502.09        10052.09
barista                  8114.13         2214.44
choreographer            9470.82         8944.37
clutch                   8433.79         2332.45
connect                  7848.29         7227.07
escort                   8828.66         8622.83
journey                  4770.10         4423.57
regex                    11233.89        9814.03
---- frameworks ----
koa                      4354.73         4276.30
express                  7697.21         6825.72
hapi                     1198.65         1233.84
totaljs                  3889.81         3938.33

Notes about this results

• rawhttp is a reference to a control benchmark, its not routing anything.
• koa, express, hapi and totaljs are actually frameworks, some are more robust then others.

TODO

• Write more realistic routes