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bhvr is the opposite end of the spectrum from the Big Three: Next/Rails/Django hand you batteries, bhvr hands you a rocket fuel can. One Bun binary replaces npm + Node + Jest, Hono routes run everywhere from Cloudflare Workers to bare-metal Bun, and a shared types/ folder gives you end-to-end TS safety—zero extra runtime, zero config. You lose turnkey SSR, auth, and ORM magic, but if you care more about installing, hot-reloading, and deploying in under 60 seconds than about convention-heavy kitchensinks, bhvr is the leanest full-stack starter in 2025.


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gknoy04/28/2025

Thank you for painting it that way. As someone who has normally done back end stuff in Django, having the ORM magic is so deeply ingrained for me. I was about to ask what one should use for an ORM, but looking at the Hono examples is pretty helpful. It looks Prisma is one good example of what I was looking for :D

popalchemist04/28/2025

Why not throw in support for BetterAuth and Drizzle/Prisma behind a feature flag, then you'd have a comparable offering, and not weigh down anyone who doesn't want them?