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Kitura

Kitura was an open source web framework for server-side Swift, originally developed by IBM, that allowed developers to use Swift for building web applications and REST APIs with support for databases, WebSockets, and OpenAPI. The project is now archived and no longer actively maintained, but remains a useful historical reference for server-side Swift API development.

Kitura publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Archived, Deployment, Frameworks, Server-Side Swift, and Web.

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17.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
ArchivedDeploymentFrameworksServer-Side SwiftWeb

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 17.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kitura

Kitura is an open source web framework for server-side Swift, originally built by IBM. The project enabled developers to build web applications and REST APIs in Swift with suppo...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kitura Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kitura Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kitura Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kitura Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kitura
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kitura/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: kitura:kitura
  name: Kitura
  tags:
  - Frameworks
  - Server-Side Swift
  - Web
  humanURL: https://www.kitura.dev/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.kitura.dev/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/Kitura/Kitura
    type: GitHubRepository
  description: Kitura is an open source web framework for server-side Swift, originally built by IBM. The project enabled
    developers to build web applications and REST APIs in Swift with support for databases, WebSockets, and OpenAPI. The Kitura
    GitHub repository is now archived and the project is no longer actively maintained.
name: Kitura
tags:
- Archived
- Deployment
- Frameworks
- Server-Side Swift
- Web
kind: contract
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kitura.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-07'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consuming
description: Kitura was an open source web framework for server-side Swift, originally developed by IBM, that allowed developers
  to use Swift for building web applications and REST APIs with support for databases, WebSockets, and OpenAPI. The project
  is now archived and no longer actively maintained, but remains a useful historical reference for server-side Swift API development.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kitura-domain-security.yml