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# Middleware

As a rule, when you develop web applications, a web framework is not enough. Below is a list of modern modules and middleware for building backend apps.

## Static server

- [sirv](https://github.com/lukeed/sirv) - An optimized middleware & CLI application for serving static files

## Template engine

- [Eta](https://eta.js.org/) - Embedded JS template engine for Node, Deno, and the browser. Lighweight, fast, and pluggable. Written in TypeScript
- [Edge.js](https://github.com/edge-js/edge) - Node.js templating engine with fresh air
- [micromustache](https://github.com/userpixel/micromustache) - An extremely fast and small sub-implementation of the {{mustache}} template engine for JavaScript
- [Squirelly](https://github.com/squirrellyjs/squirrelly) - Semi-embedded JS template engine that supports helpers, filters, partials, and template inheritance. 4KB minzipped, written in TypeScript
- [sprightly](https://github.com/obadakhalili/sprightly) - A very light-weight JS template engine

## Logger

- [@tinyhttp/logger](https://github.com/tinyhttp/logger) - Simple HTTP logger for tinyhttp
- [Pino HTTP](https://github.com/pinojs/pino-http) - high-speed HTTP logger for Node.js
- [chrona](https://github.com/xambassador/chrona) - Simple HTTP request logger middleware for express.js inspired from koa-logger, written in typescript.

## Session

- [micro-session](https://github.com/meyer9/micro-session) - Session middleware for micro
- [next-session](https://github.com/hoangvvo/next-session) - Simple promise-based session middleware for Next.js, micro, Express, and more
- [iron-session](https://github.com/vvo/iron-session) - Next.js stateless session utility using signed and encrypted cookies to store data. Also works with Express, and Node.js HTTP servers.

## CSRF

- [malibu](https://github.com/tinyhttp/malibu) - Framework-agnostic CSRF middleware for modern Node.js.

## Body parser

- [milliparsec](https://github.com/tinyhttp/milliparsec) - Tiniest body parser in the universe. Built for modern Node.js.

## Cookies

- [cookie-parser](https://github.com/tinyhttp/cookie-parser) - Cookie parsing middleware for Node.js.

## Metrics

- [ping](https://github.com/tinyhttp/ping) - Response time checker middleware.

## CORS

- [cors](https://github.com/tinyhttp/cors) - CORS middleware for modern Node.js.

## Swagger

- [swagger](https://github.com/tinyhttp/swagger) - Swagger integration for tinyhttp.

## Misc

- [unless](https://github.com/tinyhttp/unless) - Unless middleware for tinyhttp.