# Zero\-configuration Express backends

**Published:** September 5, 2025 | **Authors:** Jeff See

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Express, a fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/), is now supported with zero-configuration.

**app.ts**
```javascript
import express from 'express'
const app = express()
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello World!')
})
export default app
```

Vercel's [framework-defined infrastructure](https://vercel.com/blog/framework-defined-infrastructure) now recognizes and deeply understands Express applications. **This update removes the need for redirects in ****`vercel.json`**** or using the ****`/api`**** folder.**

[Deploy Express on Vercel](https://vercel.com/templates/backend/express-js-on-vercel) or [visit the Express on Vercel documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/express).

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