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Lightning

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

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.

Identity

Status
Stub
Maintainer
Tyler Cloutier3
First release
20165

Rendering and deploy

Install with
Swift Package Manager dependency2

Adoption

GitHub stars
3101
Contributors
34

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-26: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning
  2. 2026-10-26: links, Runtime, Categories, Install with
    github.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/blob/master/README.md
  3. 2026-10-26: Maintainer, License
    raw.githubusercontent.com/skylab-inc/Lightning/master/LICENSE.md
  4. 2026-10-26: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning/contributors?per_page=1
  5. 2026-10-26: First release
    api.github.com/repos/skylab-inc/Lightning/releases

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