# Lightning

Swift HTTP server and TCP client and server framework using a non-blocking, event-driven I/O model.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lightning/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning
- docs: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Tyler Cloutier
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: binary
- language: swift
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Swift Package Manager dependency

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: unknown

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 310
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 3
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning/releases (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Lightning is an HTTP server and TCP client and server framework written in Swift. It is added to a project as a dependency of a Swift Package. The project was formerly named Edge.

## Worth knowing

The project has no stable release. Its GitHub releases are all marked as prereleases, and the newest one is a prerelease. The repository has no homepage of its own; its README links only to a chat invitation.

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