# Kitura

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kitura/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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 The project is now archived and no longer actively maintained, but remains a useful historical reference for server-side Swift API development.

## Kin Score — 10.1 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **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...

## Security (1)

- **Kitura Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Kitura Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Archived, Deployment, Frameworks, Server-Side Swift, Web

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/kitura/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.