Fastify Sensible
Fastify plugin adding sensible defaults for error handling and utilities.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
How Fastify Sensible is used
Fastify Sensible joined the catalog on its public numbers (670,816 downloads a week on npm and 542 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 5 public GitHub projects of our scan, 2 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Fastify (100.0%), @fastify/autoload (80.0%), Fastify CORS (80.0%).
Often used with Fastify Sensible
| Fastify | 100.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 413.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| @fastify/autoload | 80.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 1655.5× more than average |
| Fastify CORS | 80.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 551.8× more than average |
| @fastify/rate-limit | 60.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 745.0× more than average |
| fastify-plugin | 60.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 1862.4× more than average |
| tsx | 60.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 4.0× more than average |
| @nx/esbuild | 60.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 143.3× more than average |
| Nx ESLint Plugin | 60.0% of Fastify Sensible projects · 51.7× more than average |
How Fastify Sensible is funded
Open Collective: Fastify
| Received, last 12 months | $11,981 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $15,492 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $23,397 |
| Raised since the start | $23,585 · $188 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $716 · $595 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +37% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 9 |
Top company backers all time, 7 companies in total
| Handsontable - JavaScript Data Grid | $2,700 since Jul 2024 |
|---|---|
| Val Town | $1,200 since Nov 2025 |
| OpenJS Foundation | $1,090 since Nov 2025 |
| TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest) | $1,000 since Sep 2025 |
| N-iX Ltd | $400 since Jul 2026 |
Nov 2023Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Nov 2023. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 15 more tools in our catalog: Fastify, Fastify CORS, @fastify/static, @fastify/rate-limit, @fastify/cookie, Fastify Compress and others.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @fastify | 11 current sponsors |
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Ways to fund Fastify Sensible
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @fastify/sensible |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (5) |
| Example projects | juanfran/tapiz |
Alternatives to Fastify Sensible
In our scan, none of the most used tools in HTTP servers and APIs does the same job as Fastify Sensible: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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