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Fastgen vs Prim+RPC
Fastgen builds backend UI, whereas Prim+RPC handles RPC communication.
Side by side
- What it is
- Fastgen:Webflow for the Backend
- Prim+RPC:Prim+RPC provides type-safe, transport-agnostic RPC/IPC for JavaScript environments.
- Best for
- Fastgen:Webflow-style backend builder
- Prim+RPC:Transport-agnostic JavaScript RPC
- Who it’s for
- Fastgen:—
- Prim+RPC:JavaScript developers needing simple client-server function calls.
- Pricing
- Fastgen:Subscription
- Prim+RPC:Open source
- Open source
- Fastgen:—
- Prim+RPC:Yes, 110 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Fastgen:—
- Prim+RPC:Node, Deno, Bun, Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js, Remix
- DevHunt upvotes
- Fastgen:95
- Prim+RPC:9
- Launched on DevHunt
- Fastgen:Jan 2023
- Prim+RPC:Jan 2023
Prim+RPC features
- Type-safe calls. Full TypeScript or JSDoc typings are generated at runtime.
- Zero client generation. Functions are called directly without a build step.
- Transport agnostic. Works over HTTP, WebSocket, Web Workers, processes, etc.
- Framework agnostic. Integrates with Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js, Deno, Bun and more.
- File & Blob support. Upload and download files without extra handling.
- Batching. Multiple RPC calls can be combined into a single request.
- Custom serialization. Plug-in JSON handlers for Dates, RegExps, Errors, etc.
- Error propagation. Server errors are thrown directly on the client.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.