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I've seen a few server-side Swift frameworks (for building web apps or API apps) such as Perfect[1] and Kitura[2] (which is backed by IBM). It's not clear to me

I've seen a few server-side Swift frameworks (for building web apps or API apps) such as Perfect[1] and Kitura[2] (which is backed by IBM). It's not clear to me how much uptake they have so far. [1] https://perfect.org/ https://perfect.org/ [2] https://www.kitura.io/ https://www.kitura.io/

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thegayngler 8y ago
I was starting to use Kitura but it seems the community is more in favor of Vapor right now. I moved on to Vapor as a result. IBM seems like it might abandon the project like they did their Swift Packages website.
- alexashka 8y ago
  Vapor is the likely winner in terms of Swift frameworks, but this does not say much. The API's not stable, the framework is in very active development. I imagine things will settle down in a year or two - until then, there are so many great alternatives (other languages), that I don't see Swift gaining much ground.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  For awhile it seemed IBM was about to pick Swift as they did before with Java, but then they lost steam.
  - geodel 8y ago
    Ah, was there some news about it or it just that IBM seems less active on Swift http/ssl stuff lately?
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      They seem to be less active.