Vapor
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Oct 31, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“seeing whether Swift Vapor can be used to build a complex backend and the answer appears to be yes”
“I used Vapor for the web server in swift. It was surprisingly pretty good experience”
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“I picked this framework mostly because I'm historically an iOS dev, but have found it to be very capable in its own right”
“I have been using Swift Vapor for personal projects for awhile and it's great”
“projects like Vapor [0] that are used in production.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
- Swift on FreeBSD Preview 4 mentions
- ElementaryUI – Swift, in the Browser 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- PostgreSQL Is Enough 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026) 1 mention
- Swift 6.3 Released 1 mention
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“Reminds me of Vapor - Swift, but on a server”
“seeing whether Swift Vapor can be used to build a complex backend and the answer appears to be yes”
“I used Vapor for the web server in swift. It was surprisingly pretty good experience”
“I picked this framework mostly because I'm historically an iOS dev, but have found it to be very capable in its own right”
Mind you, Kotlin/Native (which is what gets used when you're compiling for iOS) doesn't have access to the JVM. However, the Kotlin community is fundamentally all about open source, whereas Apple & iOS Devs have an allergy to it. The quality and quantity is already miles above the vast majority of what's in the Swift ecosystem. https://klibs.io has all the native compatible libs. And if you're targeting a platform wh
“I have been using Swift Vapor for personal projects for awhile and it's great”
“Vapor for web server in the Swift app”
There’s also hummingbird: https://github.com/hummingbird-project/hummingbird
“Vapor is the surviving one from that era”
“projects like Vapor [0] that are used in production.”
“frameworks like Vapor seem like they’re still pretty active”