I’m using Hono to create a simple api server. But I want to use /src as my main folder instead of /api. So, after a lot of searching I found that by using rewrites I can do just that. But now the problem is that running vercel dev and making a request will download the index.ts file located in my…

Hi @werdoxdev . Rewrites are more of a cosmetic change for the display path, which will not accomplish your goal of using /src instead of /api for Functions. You should use the /api directory to deploy Node.js Serverless Functions . You can create Vercel Function in JavaScript or TypeScript by using…

Vercel rename /api directory

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anthony-shew (Anthony Shew) August 1, 2025, 5:20pm 7

Hey, Werdox. Just wanted to let you know that we shipped zero-configuration Hono to Vercel today. You can now use the src/ directory!

More info here: Introducing zero-configuration Hono backends

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Vercel rename /api directory

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