Introducing zero-configuration Hono backends

Anthony Shew · 2025-08-01 16:58:46.827516

Vercel now natively supports [Hono](https://hono.dev/), a fast, lightweight backend framework built on web standards, with zero-configuration. Unleash the power of Hono with full Node.js support. ``` import { Hono } from 'hono' const app = new Hono() app.get('/', (c) => { return c.text("Hello Hono!")) }) export default app ``` With the code above, use [Vercel CLI](https://vercel.com/docs/cli) to develop and deploy your Hono application: ``` # Develop the application locally vc dev # Create a deployment vc deploy ``` Backends on Vercel benefit from: - [Fluid compute](https://vercel.com/docs/fluid-compute), with Active CPU pricing - Automatic cold-start optimizations - Background processing - Much more You can [deploy Hono on Vercel](https://vercel.com/new/clone?demo-description=Deploying%20an%20API%20on%20Vercel%20with%20Hono.&demo-image=%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fe5382hct74si%2FCYbcj30ZJhtGhg8JnR2Jm%2Fc2d3920a1878f356401b50593c1bc647%2FGeist_OG_Light.avif&demo-title=Hono%20on%20Vercel&demo-url=https%3A%2F%2Fhono.vercel.dev&from=templates&project-name=Hono%20on%20Vercel&repository-name=hono-on-vercel&repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvercel%2Fexamples%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fframework-boilerplates%2Fhono&skippable-integrations=1) using our template or [visit Hono's Vercel documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/hono) to learn more.

Vercel Staff(edited)

Vercel now natively supports Hono, a fast, lightweight backend framework built on web standards, with zero-configuration. Unleash the power of Hono with full Node.js support.

import { Hono } from 'hono'

const app = new Hono()

app.get('/', (c) => {
  return c.text("Hello Hono!"))
})

export default app

With the code above, use Vercel CLI to develop and deploy your Hono application:

# Develop the application locally
vc dev

# Create a deployment
vc deploy

Backends on Vercel benefit from:

Fluid compute, with Active CPU pricing
Automatic cold-start optimizations
Background processing
Much more

You can deploy Hono on Vercel using our template or visit Hono's Vercel documentation to learn more.

Hi , where do you expect static assets? A ./public folder doesn't work - and everything else I tried neither.

The closest I got was defining builds in vercel.json. I got my static resources deployed to a /public/ subdirectory - and a broken hono app not mounted at /.

More details of my configuration are here:

https://community.vercel.com/t/hono-how-to-deploy-static-assets-from-public/22128

Vercel Community

[hono] How to deploy static assets from./public

I can’t seem to deploy static assets alongside my hono-based application. The app itself is working fine, except that request that should go to static assets...

Hi , it appears that the zero-configuration hono build script is broken.

The starter example does not work when deployed on Vercel, if you have any relative imports.

import { Hono } from 'hono'

// This breaks the build stage on Vercel
import something from './myfile'

const app = new Hono().basePath('/api')

export default app

I think the build script for Hono might be the issue - https://github.com/vercel/vercel/blob/main/packages/hono/src/build.ts

GitHub

vercel/packages/hono/src/build.ts at main · vercel/vercel

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The bug basically completely blocks anyone from deploying Hono server on Vercel.

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