Hummingbird

Lesson in the Swift & Swift UI Roadmap · Stage 40: Server Frameworks

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Hummingbird?

Hummingbird is an open-source server-side framework written in Swift, designed to help developers build high-performance web applications and APIs. It leverages Swift's type safety and concurrency features to provide a robust and efficient platform for handling HTTP requests, routing, and middleware. Hummingbird aims to simplify server-side development in Swift, offering a clean and expressive syntax for defining endpoints and processing data.

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Free resources to learn Hummingbird

Open sourceHummingbird
Official docsHummingbird
ArticleGetting Started with Hummingbird
VideoIntroduction to Hummingbird 2 - Joannis Orlandos

Hummingbird: common questions

Can I learn Hummingbird in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Hummingbird in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Hummingbird tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 140 of 156 in the free Swift & Swift UI roadmap, in stage 40, Server Frameworks. If you are new to Swift & Swift UI, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.