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hono-starter

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🚀 hono-starter - A Typescript API with Node + Hono + Drizzle + MySQL + BullMQ

Dormant1 major behindChecked Oct 19, 2026Free

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Why this verdict

How we check →

No commits in 90 days; last commit 542 days ago. receipt ↗
Latest release 1.5.0, 595 days ago. receipt ↗
Drizzle 0.38.4 declared; latest is 0.45.4 (0.x releases can break). receipt ↗
Zod 3 declared; latest is 4 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7. receipt ↗

Snapshot: commit 87b8d42 on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:52 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.

Dependency freshness

Package	Declared	Latest	Status
TypeScript typescript	5.7.3	7.0.2	Behind, not counted
Drizzle drizzle-orm	0.38.4	0.45.4	1 major behind
Zod zod	3.24.1	4.6.7	1 major behind

Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Database / ORM: Drizzle
API layer: Hono

Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.

What the README says you get

API
Swagger API documentationA swagger API doc is attached in the static folder
API
Hono frameworkFramework: Hono
API
OpenAPI YAML docThe OpenAPI YAML doc is in the static folder
Auth
JWT authenticationAuthentication: JWT
Data
Drizzle Studio database browserDatabase browser powered by Drizzle Studio
Data
Drizzle ORMORM: Drizzle
Data
MySQL databaseDB: MySQL
Deploy
NodeJS runtimeRuntime: NodeJS
Other
Zod validationValidation: Zod
Other
BullMQ workerWorker: BullMQ
Other
Pino loggingLogging: Pino
Other
Redis queueQueue: Redis
Other
Biome formatterFormatter: Biome
Other
TypeScript languageLanguage: TypeScript

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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History

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Date	Maintenance	Dependencies
Oct 19, 2026	Dormant	1 major behind
Oct 12, 2026	Dormant	1 major behind
Sep 29, 2026	Dormant	1 major behind

Sources

Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked Oct 19, 2026. Open them to verify.

Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
Releases ↗ latest release
package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 87b8d42)
README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)

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