Vapor Swift web framework
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Popular Swift web framework people find pleasant and capable, used in production. Some critics say builds are slow and heavy on laptops.
Popular Swift web framework people find pleasant and capable, used in production. Some critics say builds are slow and heavy on laptops.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Well-regarded, capable, used in production
“There are some well-regarded frameworks, like Vapor, that are written in Swift.”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Swift on FreeBSD Preview” “projects like Vapor [0] that are used in production”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Swift on FreeBSD Preview” “have found it to be very capable in its own right”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)” Pleasant and easy to work with
“It was surprisingly pretty good experience and I am considering using it for my next project too.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “PostgreSQL Is Enough” “overall the use of frameworks like Vapor have been a breeze to work with”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “Improving the usability of C libraries in Swift”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow builds that heat laptops
“it just takes longer in Swift”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Swift is a more convenient Rust” “Tried to build the project. Laptop spun for minutes and got really hot.”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Swift is a more convenient Rust” “how heated my laptop gets when I try to compile a new vapor template”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “Ladybird: Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption”
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 |
| Vapor Swift web frameworkThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the answer appears to be yes”
“It was surprisingly pretty good experience and I am considering using it for my next project too.”
“have found it to be very capable in its own right”
“Kitura, Vapor (a fitting name) were just a toys that no serious player ever touched.”
“I ended up throwing it out because I didn't have the time to dig through the source”
“how heated my laptop gets when I try to compile a new vapor template”
“the performance of existing frameworks (tried both Vapor and grpc-swift-2)”
“Tried to build the project. Laptop spun for minutes and got really hot.”
“it just takes longer in Swift”
“overall the use of frameworks like Vapor have been a breeze to work with”
“projects like Vapor [0] that are used in production”
“There are some well-regarded frameworks, like Vapor, that are written in Swift.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.