LiteNode

Lightweight, zero-dependency, and intuitive. Build web applications, APIs, and static sites with a clean and expressive API.

Installation

You can install LiteNode via npm:

npm install litenode

Quick Start

Here is a basic example of how to create a server using LiteNode:

// To use LiteNode in your project, you can import it using ES6 import syntax
import { LiteNode } from "litenode"

// Create a new instance of LiteNode
const app = new LiteNode()

// Define a route
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
    res.txt("Hello, LiteNode!")
})

// Start the server
app.startServer()

Key Features

• Truly Lightweight 🪶 - Zero external dependencies. LiteNode ships only what you need for a production-ready web server.
• Expressive Routing 🛣️ - Named params, optional params, wildcards, catch-all patterns, and nested routers — all with a clean API.
• AST Template Engine 🏗️ - STE (Simple Template Engine) is an integrated, AST-based engine for rendering HTML with full data injection support.
• Markdown Native 📃 - Parse individual or entire directories of Markdown files, extract frontmatter, paginate, and generate TOCs built-in.
• Smart Static Files 📂 - Serve assets from a static directory. New files are picked up automatically — no server restart needed.
• Cookie Management 🍪 - Full cookie lifecycle: parse, set, sign, verify, and delete — including signed cookies with HMAC verification.
• Environment Variables ⚙️ - Built-in .env file loading with multi-environment support. No dotenv dependency required.

Documentation

The documentation is available on litenode.pages.dev.
Learn to build a Markdown-based web application using LiteNode: litenode-markdown-app.pages.dev.

Issues

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please report them on the GitHub Issues page.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests with your enhancements.

Author

LiteNode is authored by LebCit.

License

LiteNode is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.