Compared to ts-rest

[gunzip]

Hi 👋 I appreciate all your hard work. I came across this issue at ts-rest/ts-rest#14 and am curious: what are the main differences between the two tools from the perspective of the end user? Do you advise using Zodios for some scenarios and ts-rest for others?

[ecyrbe]

for now i can show some of the different features we have :

feature	side	zodios	ts-rest	trpc
contract based	client/server	yes ✅	yes ✅	no ❌
work outside mono repo	client/server	yes ✅	yes ✅	no ❌
typesafe	client/server	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
validation with any library (not just zod)	client/server	yes ✅ (v11)	no ❌	partial ✅
validation on client	client	yes✅	yes ✅	no ❌
plugins	client	yes ✅	no ❌	partial ✅ (links)
typesafe error handling	client	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
fetch native support	client	yes ✅ (v11)	yes ✅	yes ✅
axios native support	client	yes ✅	no ❌	no ❌
react client	client	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
solid client	client	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
testing/mocking	client	yes ✅ (v11)	no ❌	no ❌
automatic react-query key management	client	yes ✅	no ❌	yes ✅
automatic batching	client	no ❌	no ❌	yes ✅
nextjs support	client	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
validation on server	server	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
typesafe error handling	server	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
nextjs support	server	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
nestjs support	server	no ❌	yes ✅	no ❌
server written like in express	server	yes ✅	no ❌	no ❌
typesafe middleware support	server	yes ✅	no ❌	yes ✅
typesafe context support	server	yes ✅	no ❌	yes ✅
compatible with serverless	server	yes ✅	yes ✅	yes ✅
openapi support	server	yes ✅	yes ✅	partial ✅ (external lib)

[vedxyz]

Honestly, I don't think it would be a bad idea to add a section with this kind of comparison between the three libraries to the README. I found it a bit hard to differentiate the three definitively without this table.

That said, I think Zodios is indeed what I'm in need of right now :).

[ivan-kleshnin]

Nice table, thanks 👍 My 5 cents: bundled Axios is a downside for anyone who doesn't use this library (like myself). More important criteria to compare would be a bundler of choice or ESM support. From my experience with trpc, next-fetch and ts-rest integration is the major pain point. When NextJS wants Turbopack and the library needs Vite or Babel... you're out of luck 😱