8 Best Swift Webserver Libraries 2024

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by Kanika Maheshwari dot icon Updated: Feb 15, 2024

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Here are some famous Swift Webserver Libraries. Swift Webserver Libraries use cases include Building a custom web server, Creating a content delivery network (CDN), Hosting a web application, and Developing a mobile application backend.


Swift web server libraries are libraries that are designed to enable developers to create web applications using the Swift programming language. These libraries provide tools to help developers with server-side development tasks such as routing, templating, and data handling.


Let us look at these libraries in detial.

vapor

  • Provides a type-safe, declarative framework for writing web applications.
  • Built-in support for asynchronous programming.
  • Offers an integrated authentication and authorization system.

vaporby vapor

Swift doticonstar image 22912 doticonVersion:4.77.0doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework.

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            vaporby vapor

            Swift doticon star image 22912 doticonVersion:4.77.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework.
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                      Moya

                      • Supports advanced authentication methods, such as OAuth2, Basic Auth, Client Certificate Authentication and Bearer Tokens.
                      • Provides an easy way to mock network requests for testing and development.
                      • Allows for custom header, query, and request body encoding for each request.

                      Moyaby Moya

                      Swift doticonstar image 14592 doticonVersion:15.0.3doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      Network abstraction layer written in Swift.

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                                Moyaby Moya

                                Swift doticon star image 14592 doticonVersion:15.0.3doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                Network abstraction layer written in Swift.
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                                          Perfect

                                          • Provides a scalable, high-performance web server that is optimized for Swift applications.
                                          • Offers built-in support for TemplateKit, a powerful templating engine for producing dynamic web content.
                                          • Has a robust set of development tools and libraries, including an integrated debugger and profiler.

                                          Perfectby PerfectlySoft

                                          Swift doticonstar image 13867 doticonVersion:v1.0.0doticon
                                          License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                          Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)

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                                                    Perfectby PerfectlySoft

                                                    Swift doticon star image 13867 doticonVersion:v1.0.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                    Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)
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                                                              Kitura

                                                              • Built with a modular architecture that supports pluggable components to customize the server’s functionality.
                                                              • Kitura-Stencil template engine allows you to write HTML templates in Swift, making it easier to create dynamic webpages.
                                                              • Supports cloud deployment, allowing you to easily deploy your applications to the cloud.

                                                              Kituraby Kitura

                                                              Swift doticonstar image 7594 doticonVersion:3.0.0doticon
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                                                              A Swift web framework and HTTP server.

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                                                                        Kituraby Kitura

                                                                        Swift doticon star image 7594 doticonVersion:3.0.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                        A Swift web framework and HTTP server.
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                                                                                  swifter

                                                                                  • Built-in security features such as TLS encryption and sandboxing.
                                                                                  • Designed to be easy to setup and get up and running quickly.
                                                                                  • Highly extensible and allows developers to customize the server to their own needs.

                                                                                  swifterby httpswift

                                                                                  Swift doticonstar image 3703 doticonVersion:1.5.0doticon
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                                                                                  Tiny http server engine written in Swift programming language.

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                                                                                            swifterby httpswift

                                                                                            Swift doticon star image 3703 doticonVersion:1.5.0doticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                            Tiny http server engine written in Swift programming language.
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                                                                                                      Zewo

                                                                                                      • Built with an asynchronous, non-blocking I/O model.
                                                                                                      • Optimized for both OS X and Linux and is fully compatible with Swift Package Manager.
                                                                                                      • Built-in support for HTTP/2, TLS/SSL, and other security features.

                                                                                                      Zewoby Zewo

                                                                                                      Swift doticonstar image 1852 doticonVersion:0.16.1doticon
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                                                                                                      Lightweight library for web server applications in Swift on macOS and Linux powered by coroutines.

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                                                                                                                Zewoby Zewo

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                                                                                                                Lightweight library for web server applications in Swift on macOS and Linux powered by coroutines.
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                                                                                                                          blackfire

                                                                                                                          • Provides support for both synchronous and asynchronous requests.
                                                                                                                          • Offers a range of deployment options, including Docker and Kubernetes.
                                                                                                                          • Built-in support for the most popular web development frameworks, such as Laravel, Symfony, and Express.

                                                                                                                          blackfireby elliottminns

                                                                                                                          Swift doticonstar image 917 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                          A minimal, fast and unopinionated web framework for Swift

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                                                                                                                                    blackfireby elliottminns

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                                                                                                                                    A minimal, fast and unopinionated web framework for Swift
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                                                                                                                                              Kitura-NIO

                                                                                                                                              • Makes it easy to define routes and map them to specific functions.
                                                                                                                                              • Uses non-blocking I/O operations.
                                                                                                                                              • Provides native support for secure communication over TLS.

                                                                                                                                              Kitura-NIOby Kitura

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                                                                                                                                              A networking library for Kitura, based on SwiftNIO

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                                                                                                                                                        Kitura-NIOby Kitura

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                                                                                                                                                        A networking library for Kitura, based on SwiftNIO
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