# Hummingbird

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Hummingbird and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Hummingbird as a lean, lightweight Swift web framework that is simple to understand for anyone who wants to build their own stack.

## Why people recommend it

- Lean and lightweight compared with alternatives (2 comments): "Apparently hummingbird is even leaner than Vapor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45981620)) "the more lightweight Humming-Bird" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46352256))
- Simple enough for non-C developers to appreciate (1 comments): "I, not even a C person can understand and appreciate its simplicity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795444))
- Good choice for building everything yourself (1 comments): "If you want to build everything yourself, Hummingbird seems like the way to go" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269570))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails.md): 337 recommend
- [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django.md): 277 recommend
- [Next.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/next-js.md): 127 recommend
- [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix.md): 85 recommend
- [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel.md): 71 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hummingbird", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hummingbird/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).