Tools: swagger codegen servers compared

swagger-codegen offers backend (micro-)frameworks to serve your APIs. Which ones are best per programming language?

Table of contents

• 1. Eleven languages with server stubs
• 2. Node.js
• 3. PHP
• 4. Ruby
• 5. Resources

1. Eleven languages with server stubs

Swagger Codegen offers server stubs for eleven programming languages.

1. C# (ASP.NET Core, NancyFx)
2. C++ (Pistache, Restbed)
3. Erlang
4. Go
5. Haskell
6. Java (MSF4J, Spring, Undertow, JAX-RS: CDI, CXF, Inflector, RestEasy, Play Framework)
7. PHP (Lumen, Slim, Silex, Symfony, Zend Expressive)
8. Python (Flask)
9. NodeJS (Connect)
10. Ruby (Sinatra, Rails 5)
11. Scala (Finch, Scalatra)

2. Node.js

Read the Node.js server-stub generation instructions.

Swagger Codegen offers one Node.js (JavaScript-based) micro-service framework: Connect from Sencha Labs

3. PHP

Read the PHP Slim, PHP Lumen, and PHP Silex server-stub generation instructions.

Swagger Codgen generates three of the top PHP microframeworks (as ranked by Slant):

Ranking	Recommendations	Framework
2	26 👍, 5 👎	Slim
3	9 👍, 6 👎	Lumen
4	8 👍, 2 👎	Silex

4. Ruby

Read the Ruby on Rails 5 and Sinatra server-stub generation instructions.

Swagger Codegen offers the top two Ruby frameworks per Slant's rankings:

Ranking	Recommendations	Framework
1	5 👍, 0 👎	Ruby on Rails 5
2	2 👍, 0 👎	Sinatra

5. Resources

Server stub generator HOWTO gives instructions for generating a server stub.