SpaceNode

Node.js framework — zero dependencies

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Node.js framework — zero dependencies

5 followers

Zero-dependency Node.js framework. Auto-discovery modules, pipeline middleware, DI container, event bus, built-in SSR template engine. 2× faster than Express, on par with Fastify. Just 3 lines to launch.

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Hey everyone! 👋 My name is Roman Kulichenko, and I want to share with you my new creation: SpaceNode. I'm launching SpaceNode — a Node.js microservice framework I built from scratch with zero external dependencies. "Express simplicity. Fastify speed. Zero dependencies." The problem: Express is slow. Fastify is fast but complex. Every framework comes with hundreds of transitive dependencies you never audit. Setting up a production-ready API still takes hours of boilerplate — routing, validation, DI, auth, CORS, rate limiting, WebSocket. The solution: SpaceNode gives you everything out of the box in one 132KB package: - Faster than raw Node.js (+22.8%) - Zero dependencies - Drop a folder, it works - Pipeline middleware - DI container — singleton/transient/scoped with auto-injection - Built-in WebSocket — no ws package needed - OpenAPI generation — auto-generated from your routes and DTOs - Security & validation — auth, roles, rate limiting, CORS, compression, security headers, - - DTO validation — all built in - Hotreload of dev server I prepared site with full examples and documentation: https://spacenode.org/ I would love your feedback! Install via npm: npm install spacenode SpaceNode at npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/sp... GitHub: https://github.com/1RomanKuliche... My personal Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roma... Thanks for checking and you are welcome to write to me any time! Have a good day!

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8mo ago

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Hey hey

Quick update — v1.1.0 is live!

Just shipped a built-in SSR template engine for SpaceNode — server-side rendering with zero extra dependencies. No EJS, no Pug, no Handlebars needed.

What the template engine includes:

Custom syntax: [= expr], [# if], [# each], [> partial], [# block]
Layouts — default layout wraps all pages, override per-render or disable with { layout: false }
Partials with isolated scope: [> partials/card { title: 'Hello' }]
Blocks — inject content into layout slots (CSS, scripts, etc.)
Pipe filters — chainable: [= price | currency:'EUR'], [= name | capitalize], [= text | truncate:200]
Auto-escaping by default (XSS protection), raw() for trusted HTML
Flash messages — request.flash('success', 'Saved!'), auto-injected on next render
AOT compilation — templates compile to JS functions on first hit, LRU-cached
Two ways to render: request.render('home', data) from controllers, or app.render('GET', '/', 'home', data) for declarative routes — no controller needed
views/settings.js — auto-loaded config for globals, default layout, custom helpers

Also in this release: WebSocket message size limits (DDoS protection) and hot-path optimizations that put SpaceNode on par with raw http.createServer.

npm install spacenode