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title: Hono
description: Hono is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards. It works on any JavaScript runtime.
url: "https://vercel.com/kb/hono"
published: 2026-06-05
last_updated: 2026-07-29
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
---

# Hono

Hono is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards. It works on any JavaScript runtime.

## Getting started with Hono on Vercel

- [How to ship a Hono app on Vercel](/kb/guide/ship-a-hono-app-on-vercel): Deploy a Hono app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn how to ship from a template, the Vercel CLI, or Git, and configure response streaming, middleware, cron jobs, the Bun runtime, and Observability.
- [Build with a Hono starter template](/kb/guide/build-with-a-hono-starter-template): Deploy a Hono app to Vercel from a starter template. Compare the Hono API starter, MCP server, AI SDK, Slack Bolt, Next.js, Turborepo, and domco templates, then ship to a live URL.

## Build with Hono and Chat SDK

- [Triage form submissions with Chat SDK](/kb/guide/triage-form-submissions-with-chat-sdk): Build a Slack bot that triages form submissions with interactive cards. Forward, edit, or mark as spam without leaving Slack. Built with Chat SDK, Hono, and Resend.
- [Ship a GitHub code review bot with Hono and Redis](/kb/guide/ship-a-github-code-review-bot-with-hono-and-redis): This guide walks through building a GitHub bot that reviews pull requests on demand. When a user @mentions the bot on a PR, Chat SDK picks up the mention, spins up a Vercel Sandbox with the repo cloned, and uses AI SDK to analyze the diff.

## All Hono guides

- [Build Notion-style real-time presence with WebSockets on Vercel](/kb/guide/real-time-presence-hono-react): Build the avatar faces that appear when a teammate opens a page and vanish when they leave. Powered by a Hono WebSocket server with React, deployed as a single Vercel project with Services.
- [Build with a Hono starter template](/kb/guide/build-with-a-hono-starter-template): Deploy a Hono app to Vercel from a starter template. Compare the Hono API starter, MCP server, AI SDK, Slack Bolt, Next.js, Turborepo, and domco templates, then ship to a live URL.
- [How to ship a Hono app on Vercel](/kb/guide/ship-a-hono-app-on-vercel): Deploy a Hono app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn how to ship from a template, the Vercel CLI, or Git, and configure response streaming, middleware, cron jobs, the Bun runtime, and Observability.
- [Ship a GitHub code review bot with Hono and Redis](/kb/guide/ship-a-github-code-review-bot-with-hono-and-redis): This guide walks through building a GitHub bot that reviews pull requests on demand. When a user @mentions the bot on a PR, Chat SDK picks up the mention, spins up a Vercel Sandbox with the repo cloned, and uses AI SDK to analyze the diff.
- [Triage form submissions with Chat SDK](/kb/guide/triage-form-submissions-with-chat-sdk): Build a Slack bot that triages form submissions with interactive cards. Forward, edit, or mark as spam without leaving Slack. Built with Chat SDK, Hono, and Resend.

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- [Vercel Sandbox](/kb/vercel-sandbox): The compute primitive designed to safely run untrusted or user-generated code on Vercel.
- [FDE Field Notes](/kb/fde): Insights from our work with customers. Explore the patterns, diagnostics, and recommendations Vercel’s Forward Deployed Engineers use in production.
- [Software Factory](/kb/software-factory): Software factories put an agent on every stage of your development loop: triage, planning against a live repo checkout, implementation verified with your own checks, and independent review. Work items become draft PRs while you keep the judgment calls.