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 The project is now archived and no longer actively maintained, but remains a useful historical reference for server-side Swift API development.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, Framework, Server-Side Swift, and Web.

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12.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-18 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Archived Deployment FrameworkServer-Side SwiftWeb

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scored 2026-09-18 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 12.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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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

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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

Company 1

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Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kitura
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kitura/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: kitura:kitura
  name: Kitura
  tags:
  - Framework
  - Server-Side Swift
  - Web
  tags_raw:
  - 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
- Framework
- Server-Side Swift
- Web
tags_raw:
- Archived
- Deployment
- Frameworks
- Server-Side Swift
- Web
kind: contract
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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: '2026-09-16'
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: '0.23'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://kitura.dev
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kitura-domain-security.yml

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