Hummingbird
Shares rank 58 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
People recommend Hummingbird as a lean, lightweight Swift web framework that is simple to understand for anyone who wants to build their own stack.
People recommend Hummingbird as a lean, lightweight Swift web framework that is simple to understand for anyone who wants to build their own stack.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lean and lightweight compared with alternatives
“Apparently hummingbird is even leaner than Vapor.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: I am self-hosting a time-sorted list of top STEM, Arts and Design posts” “the more lightweight Humming-Bird”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Ruby website redesigned” Simple enough for non-C developers to appreciate
“I, not even a C person can understand and appreciate its simplicity.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues X.Org X server and Xwayland” Good choice for building everything yourself
“If you want to build everything yourself, Hummingbird seems like the way to go”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Advent of Swift”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| HummingbirdThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the more lightweight Humming-Bird”
“If you want to build everything yourself, Hummingbird seems like the way to go”
“Apparently hummingbird is even leaner than Vapor.”
“Adopting async made it slower than Django.”
“I, not even a C person can understand and appreciate its simplicity.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.