# Hono vs Vapor

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Hono

| Attribute | Hono | Vapor |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 65.6 (66% (medium)) | 56.1 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 79 | 36 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 668 | 796 |
| adoption.github_stars | 31,974 | 26,192 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | An open-source TypeScript-based web framework that compiles to under 14kB and runs natively on Cloudflare Workers, Fastly, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, Node.js, and other JavaScript runtimes. Emphasizes clean APIs, TypeScript support, and comprehensive middleware ecosystem. | A framework for building HTTP servers and APIs using Swift with strong type safety and performance optimization. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"TypeScript","api_routes":true,"edge_runtime":true,"typescript_first":true}` | `{"language":"Swift","rendering":"ssr","api_routes":true}` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Swift |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hono.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:31:54.094Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.vapor.codes/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:59:42.865Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | 20 |
| release.history | 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| `[{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.122.1","date":"2026-08-25T16:42:26Z","type":"stable","version":"4.122.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/5.0.0-alpha.2","date":"2026-08-11T14:44:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-alpha.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.122.0","date":"2026-07-01T21:45:49Z","type":"stable","version":"4.122.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/5.0.0-alpha.1","date":"2026-06-11T19:25:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.0.0-alpha.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.121.4","date":"2026-04-10T17:17:16Z","type":"stable","version":"4.121.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.121.3","date":"2026-02-24T17:37:47Z","type":"stable","version":"4.121.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.121.2","date":"2026-02-10T16:23:51Z","type":"stable","version":"4.121.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.121.1","date":"2026-01-14T13:48:58Z","type":"stable","version":"4.121.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.121.0","date":"2026-01-05T12:16:24Z","type":"stable","version":"4.121.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.120.0","date":"2025-12-12T22:35:41Z","type":"stable","version":"4.120.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.119.2","date":"2025-11-11T15:07:16Z","type":"stable","version":"4.119.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.119.1","date":"2025-11-10T13:09:06Z","type":"stable","version":"4.119.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.119.0","date":"2025-11-05T11:24:54Z","type":"stable","version":"4.119.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.118.0","date":"2025-11-04T15:08:07Z","type":"stable","version":"4.118.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.117.2","date":"2025-11-03T16:24:04Z","type":"stable","version":"4.117.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.117.1","date":"2025-11-03T10:39:25Z","type":"stable","version":"4.117.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.117.0","date":"2025-09-12T14:32:53Z","type":"stable","version":"4.117.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.116.0","date":"2025-09-09T13:03:03Z","type":"stable","version":"4.116.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.115.1","date":"2025-07-14T13:47:30Z","type":"stable","version":"4.115.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.115.0","date":"2025-05-15T13:45:13Z","type":"stable","version":"4.115.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.3 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":47,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=hono&per_page=100","last_12m":43,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=swiftpm&package_name=github.com%2Fvapor%2Fvapor&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Hono | Vapor |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | - | Server-side |
| File-based routing | - | - |
| Language | TypeScript | Swift |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | - | - |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ | - |
| Fast refresh / HMR | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:26:53.730Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*