1[![Express Logo](https://i.cloudup.com/zfY6lL7eFa-3000x3000.png)](http://expressjs.com/)
  2
  3  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for [node](http://nodejs.org).
  4
  5  [![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url]
  6  [![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url]
  7  [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
  8  [![Test Coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url]
  9
 10```js
 11var express = require('express')
 12var app = express()
 13
 14app.get('/', function (req, res) {
 15  res.send('Hello World')
 16})
 17
 18app.listen(3000)
 19```
 20
 21### Installation
 22
 23```bash
 24$ npm install express
 25```
 26
 27## Features
 28
 29  * Robust routing
 30  * Focus on high performance
 31  * Super-high test coverage
 32  * HTTP helpers (redirection, caching, etc)
 33  * View system supporting 14+ template engines
 34  * Content negotiation
 35  * Executable for generating applications quickly
 36
 37## Docs & Community
 38
 39  * [Website and Documentation](http://expressjs.com/) - [[website repo](https://github.com/strongloop/expressjs.com)]
 40  * [#express](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=express) on freenode IRC
 41  * [Github Organization](https://github.com/expressjs) for Official Middleware & Modules
 42  * Visit the [Wiki](https://github.com/strongloop/express/wiki)
 43  * [Google Group](https://groups.google.com/group/express-js) for discussion
 44  * [Русскоязычная документация](http://jsman.ru/express/)
 45  * [한국어 문서](http://expressjs.kr) - [[website repo](https://github.com/Hanul/expressjs.kr)]
 46
 47**PROTIP** Be sure to read [Migrating from 3.x to 4.x](https://github.com/strongloop/express/wiki/Migrating-from-3.x-to-4.x) as well as [New features in 4.x](https://github.com/strongloop/express/wiki/New-features-in-4.x).
 48
 49## Quick Start
 50
 51  The quickest way to get started with express is to utilize the executable [`express(1)`](https://github.com/expressjs/generator) to generate an application as shown below:
 52
 53  Install the executable. The executable's major version will match Express's:
 54
 55```bash
 56$ npm install -g express-generator@4
 57```
 58
 59  Create the app:
 60
 61```bash
 62$ express /tmp/foo && cd /tmp/foo
 63```
 64
 65  Install dependencies:
 66
 67```bash
 68$ npm install
 69```
 70
 71  Start the server:
 72
 73```bash
 74$ npm start
 75```
 76
 77## Philosophy
 78
 79  The Express philosophy is to provide small, robust tooling for HTTP servers, making
 80  it a great solution for single page applications, web sites, hybrids, or public
 81  HTTP APIs.
 82
 83  Express does not force you to use any specific ORM or template engine. With support for over
 84  14 template engines via [Consolidate.js](https://github.com/tj/consolidate.js),
 85  you can quickly craft your perfect framework.
 86
 87## Examples
 88
 89  To view the examples, clone the Express repo & install the dependancies:
 90
 91```bash
 92$ git clone git://github.com/strongloop/express.git --depth 1
 93$ cd express
 94$ npm install
 95```
 96
 97  Then run whichever example you want:
 98
 99```bash
100$ node examples/content-negotiation
101```
102
103## Tests
104
105  To run the test suite, first install the dependancies, then run `npm test`:
106
107```bash
108$ npm install
109$ npm test
110```
111
112### People
113
114The original author of Express is [TJ Holowaychuk](https://github.com/tj) [![TJ's Gratipay][gratipay-image-visionmedia]][gratipay-url-visionmedia]
115
116The current lead maintainer is [Douglas Christopher Wilson](https://github.com/dougwilson) [![Doug's Gratipay][gratipay-image-dougwilson]][gratipay-url-dougwilson]
117
118[List of all contributors](https://github.com/strongloop/express/graphs/contributors)
119
120### License
121
122  [MIT](LICENSE)
123
124[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/express.svg?style=flat
125[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/express
126[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/express.svg?style=flat
127[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/express
128[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/strongloop/express.svg?style=flat
129[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/strongloop/express
130[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/strongloop/express.svg?style=flat
131[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/strongloop/express?branch=master
132[gratipay-image-visionmedia]: https://img.shields.io/gratipay/visionmedia.svg?style=flat
133[gratipay-url-visionmedia]: https://gratipay.com/visionmedia/
134[gratipay-image-dougwilson]: https://img.shields.io/gratipay/dougwilson.svg?style=flat
135[gratipay-url-dougwilson]: https://gratipay.com/dougwilson/