PrinceJS
19,200 req/s Bun framework in 2.8 kB (built by a 13yo)
Details
- External ID
- 45957402
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- PrinceJS
- Website domain
- vercel.app
- Launched
- Nov. 17, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 151
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.9323144104803494
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Hey HN,I'm 13, from Nigeria, and I just released PrinceJS — the fastest web framework for Bun right now.• 19,200 req/s (beats Hono/Elysia/Express) • 2.8 kB gzipped • Tree-shakable (cache, AI, email, cron, SSE, queue, test, static...) • Zero deps. Zero config.Built in < 1 week. No team. Just me and Bun.Try it: `bun add princejs` GitHub: https://github.com/MatthewTheCoder1218/princejs Docs: https://princejs.vercel.appBrutal feedback welcome. What's missing?– @Lil_Prince_1218
Enrichment
- Theme
- AI API proxies and developer tools
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- lightweight web framework for bun
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes Writing a lightweight wrapper or minimalist router around Bun's native HTTP server (`Bun.serve`) is easily achievable with AI assistance in a few days.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Elysia, Bun.serve, VanillaJS
Concerns raised: Benchmark results may be inaccurate due to autocannon tool limitations, Performance will likely decrease as more features are added, Unfair comparison with minimal feature set
Feature requests: Make website responsive for mobile users, Add tutorial/blog post explaining how it works
Competitors
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Attention rank: #4 of 34 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Looks like the first mover among its competitors.
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Other launches for this product
- No other launches for this product.
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