Kitura/Kitura

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7578 stars · 498 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Kitura is a Swift web framework and HTTP server for building web services and REST APIs. It provides URL routing, Codable routing, pluggable middleware, SSL/TLS, and static file serving, with Swift-NIO as the default network engine.

Use cases

• build a REST API in Swift
• serve a website with server-side Swift
• create a backend for an iOS or macOS app
• add SSL/TLS to a Swift web server
• serve static files from Swift
• build a WebSocket backend in Swift

When to choose

• you want to write server-side web services in Swift
• you need a fast, lightweight HTTP server for macOS or Linux
• you want Codable-based routing for JSON APIs
• you prefer a mature framework with tutorials and documentation

When to avoid

• you need a framework with a large, rapidly growing ecosystem
• you require cutting-edge async/await-first APIs
• your team primarily works in another language

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

web-framework http-server routing middleware templating web-development backend apis server-side-swift rest-api ssl-tls codable-routing fastcgi static-file-serving macos linux swift

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