Vapor (web framework)

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Vapor
Developer(s) Tanner Nelson and others
Initial releaseJanuary 18, 2016;8 years ago (2016-01-18) [1] [2]
Stable release
4.102.1 [3] / July 10, 2024;53 days ago (2024-07-10)
Written in Swift
Operating system macOS, Ubuntu
Platform SwiftNIO
Type Web framework
License MIT License
Website vapor.codes

Vapor is an open source web framework written in Swift. It can be used to create RESTful APIs, web apps, and real-time applications using WebSockets. In addition to the core framework, Vapor provides an ORM, a templating language, and packages to facilitate user authentication and authorization. [4]

Contents

Vapor's source code is hosted on GitHub and licensed under the MIT License. [5] Vapor has been a part of Swift's Server APIs working group since 2016. [6] [7]

History

Vapor 0.1.0 was released as a proof of concept for Swift on the server a month after Apple open sourced Swift and began Linux platform support on December 3, 2015. [8] Vapor 1.0 [9] arrived in September 2016, followed by the release of Vapor 2.0 in May 2017. [10]

The framework was rewritten for Vapor 3.0 [11] to be built on Apple's non-blocking networking framework SwiftNIO. Vapor 3 was released in May 2018. Apple cited the speed with which Vapor (along with Kitura) adopted the new SwiftNIO framework on the main Swift.org server page. [12]

Vapor 3's beta period saw educational material published by Packt, [13] [14] [15] Paul Hudson, [16] Razeware LLC, [17] and lynda.com. [18] Vapor was recognized by Swift.org with an official Swift Forum in its inaugural group of Related Projects [19] in May 2018.

Vapor 4 [20] 's Alpha 1 Release started in May 2019 and the stable version released in April 2020. [21]

Releases

VersionRelease dateSwift version
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0Sep 15, 2016≥ 3.0
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0May 17, 2017≥ 3.1
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0May 4, 2018≥ 4.1
Current stable version:4.0April 9, 2020≥ 5.2
Future release: 5.0TBD≥ TBD
Legend:Old version, not maintainedOlder version, still maintainedCurrent stable versionLatest preview versionFuture release

Source: Vapor Docs & GitHub Releases. [22] [23]

Swift version support

Vapor 4 supports the last 3 minor Swift versions. As of October 27th 2023, this includes Swift 5.7, Swift 5.8 and Swift 5.9.

This meets the standards set out by the Swift Server Workgroup, [24] of which Vapor is a member [25]

Features

Vapor supports the following features: [26]

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  2. ↑ "Server-side Swift Frameworks Comparison" . Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Vapor 4.102.1 Release". GitHub . 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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  14. ↑ Yeung, Angus (2018). Hands-On Server-Side Web Development with Swift: Build dynamic web apps by leveraging two popular Swift web frameworks: Vapor 3.0 and Kitura 2.5. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN   9781789345865 . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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