hummingbird-project/hummingbird
Lightweight, flexible HTTP server framework written in Swift observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13
- age_days: 2063
- days_rel: 35
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 38
Adoption not part of the score
1878 stars · 100 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hummingbird is a lightweight, flexible web application framework and HTTP server written in Swift, built on top of SwiftNIO. It provides routing, middleware, TLS, HTTP2 support, and a minimal core extended through official packages for auth, Redis, Fluent ORM, WebSockets, and AWS Lambda.
Use cases
- build a REST API backend in Swift
- serve HTTP endpoints with a lightweight Swift server
- create a web server with routing and middleware on Linux or macOS
- deploy a Swift backend to AWS Lambda
- add WebSocket support to a Swift server
- build low-memory high-throughput backend services
When to choose
- you want a minimal, low-memory Swift server framework with few dependencies
- you need structured concurrency and predictable performance in Swift
- you want an SSWG-incubated alternative to Vapor with a modular extension ecosystem
When to avoid
- your team does not use Swift or requires Swift 6.1+
- you need a batteries-included full-stack framework with built-in ORM and templating out of the box
- you need a non-HTTP protocol server
Facets
framework · maturity active
web-framework http-server routing middleware websocket web-development backend apis cross-platform server-side-swift swift-nio http2 tls structured-concurrency aws-lambda linux macos swift
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hummingbird-project/hummingbird · fetched 2026-08-28 · 85197f1c0191
- homepage: https://hummingbird.codes/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6aa0c7761758
- site_page: https://hummingbird.codes/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 633c12fabb2d
- site_page: https://docs.hummingbird.codes/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
- site_page: https://docs.hummingbird.codes/2.0/documentation/hummingbird/gettingstarted · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6d862c40cc36
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hummingbird-project/hummingbird | main | 98 |
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