Kitura
A Swift web framework and HTTP server. (by Kitura)
Vapor
💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework. (by vapor)
| Kitura | Vapor | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 60 | |
| 7,629 | 24,410 | |
| 0.1% | 0.7% | |
| 0.0 | 8.4 | |
| about 2 years ago | 30 days ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Kitura
Posts with mentions or reviews of Kitura.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-15.
- Swift outside the Apple ecosystem
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Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US; dominates global premium sales
There are server frameworks like Vapor or Kitura.
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Debate Going On Inside of a Friend's Startup: Stack to use to get a Full-Featured Web App off of the ground quickly.
Kitura is still alive, btw. Although Vapor may be a better choice. I don't have the swift experience to make a judgement between the two.
Vapor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vapor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-09-17.
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Swift 6
Do you mean from first-principles, or letting someone else do the work and use a framework? The latter has been around for years, extremely easy: https://vapor.codes
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Show HN: Resend/Loops alternative with back end written using Swift
IndiePitcher (https://indiepitcher.com) is email solution for tech companies allowing to send transactional/marketing emails, and manage email list subscriptions (like stripe subscription management portal).
An interesting fact for this community might be that the backend is a monolith written using Swift programming language (that one from Apple to make iPhone apps) using Vapor framework (https://vapor.codes), so I thought that I'd share it here.
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Swift Static Linux SDK
I haven't used it yet, but I've heard really good things about Vapor as far as server side Swift goes...
https://vapor.codes
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Swiftly Chatting: Building Chatbots with Botter
Botter works in tandem with Vapor, which handles the server-side functions of your project. This powerful combination allows you to focus on what matters most - creating an engaging and effective chatbot.
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Issue with Vapor Server
// swift-tools-version: 5.8 // The swift-tools-version declares the minimum version of Swift required to build this package. import PackageDescription let package = Package( name: "MyServer", platforms: [.macOS("12.0")], products: [ // Products define the executables and libraries a package produces, and make them visible to other packages. .executable( name: "MyServer", targets: ["MyServer"]), ], dependencies: [ .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "4.70.0")), // Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on. // .package(url: /* package url */, from: "1.0.0"), ], targets: [ // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite. // Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages this package depends on. .executableTarget( name: "MyServer", dependencies: [ .product(name: "Vapor", package: "vapor") ]), .testTarget( name: "MyServerTests", dependencies: ["MyServer"]), ] )
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Is it possible/straightforward to have a webserver baked in to an iOS app?
Otherwise there's https://github.com/vapor/vapor
- A Look at the Crystal Programming Language for Humans
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Most effective approach for building a client/server application (MacOS)
The Swift/Vapor project is a relatively easy way to do it.
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First contract, how much should I charge?
Opening this webpage (https://vapor.codes) cranks my CPU (5800x3d) to 100% instantly. Why?
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Swift outside the Apple ecosystem
Vapor is the most popular non-Apple-ecosystem Swift project. There have been a few others, but none particularly popular.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Kitura and Vapor you can also consider the following projects:
Perfect - Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)
swifter - Tiny http server engine written in Swift programming language.
Alamofire - Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift
Express - Swift Express is a simple, yet unopinionated web application server written in Swift
hummingbird - Lightweight, flexible HTTP server framework written in Swift
GCDWebServer - The #1 HTTP server for iOS, macOS & tvOS (also includes web based uploader & WebDAV server)
CocoaHTTPServer - A small, lightweight, embeddable HTTP server for Mac OS X or iOS applications
Zewo - Lightweight library for web server applications in Swift on macOS and Linux powered by coroutines.