# Pitches **URL:** https://forums.swift.org/c/server/pitches/44.md [Latest](https://forums.swift.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.swift.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.swift.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Pitches category](https://forums.swift.org/t/about-the-pitches-category/16866)
**Author:** [@Nicole\_Jacque](https://forums.swift.org/u/Nicole_Jacque)\ **Replies:** 0
The Pitches category is an area for pitching ideas to the server community and the SSWG for the evolution of the Swift server ecosystem. See more on SSWG Incubation Process. --- ## [\[Pitch\] An imperative-style async/await IMAP client for swift-nio-imap](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-an-imperative-style-async-await-imap-client-for-swift-nio-imap/88479)
**Author:** [@deggert](https://forums.swift.org/u/deggert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-an-imperative-style-async-await-imap-client-for-swift-nio-imap/88479 "2026-07-23T16:18:38Z")
I'd like to pitch a new, imperative-style client interface for apple/swift-nio-imap and get feedback on its shape. The full change is up as a draft PR — #841 — so you can read the actual API and try it out. Background s… --- ## [\[Lambda\] Updated new plugins specification](https://forums.swift.org/t/lambda-updated-new-plugins-specification/85091)
**Author:** [@sebsto](https://forums.swift.org/u/sebsto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/lambda-updated-new-plugins-specification/85091 "2026-03-02T16:18:10Z")
Hello, We have updated the new plugins pitch for the AWS Lambda Runtime for Swift and would like to get some community feedback about it. In previous versions, we wanted to avoid introducing new dependencies for the … --- ## [CosmoSQLCLIENT: Single library to connect to MSSQL Server, Postgres, MySql and Sqlite](https://forums.swift.org/t/cosmosqlclient-single-library-to-connect-to-mssql-server-postgres-mysql-and-sqlite/85062)
**Author:** [@kutty](https://forums.swift.org/u/kutty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/cosmosqlclient-single-library-to-connect-to-mssql-server-postgres-mysql-and-sqlite/85062 "2026-03-01T03:55:30Z")
I've been working on \*\*CosmoSQLClient-Swift\*\* — a Swift 6 database driver that connects to all four major databases through a single, unified \`async/await\` API, built entirely on SwiftNIO with no C libraries or FreeTDS. … --- ## [SQL Server Driver](https://forums.swift.org/t/sql-server-driver/20327)
**Author:** [@Mordil](https://forums.swift.org/u/Mordil)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/sql-server-driver/20327 "2026-02-22T19:04:32Z")
As part of the Server work group, new focus thread, the following was mentioned: However, I know that since at least May of 2018 - someone has been asking for Vapor to support Microsoft's SQL Server. I was wondering h… --- ## [Resource‑centric Swift server framework](https://forums.swift.org/t/resource-centric-swift-server-framework/84029)
**Author:** [@progalgo](https://forums.swift.org/u/progalgo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/resource-centric-swift-server-framework/84029 "2026-01-13T12:46:42Z")
This pitch outlines an idea for a resource‑centric Swift server framework, intended for discussion and design exploration within SSWG. The core idea is to treat HTTP resources as first‑class types, rather than routing st… --- ## [\[Pitch\] VaultCourier](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-vaultcourier/80367)
**Author:** [@jacubit](https://forums.swift.org/u/jacubit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-vaultcourier/80367 "2025-07-07T13:56:50Z")
Hi community, I’d like to pitch VaultCourier to the SSWG Incubation process at a Sandbox level. VaulCourier is a native swift client for interacting with Hashicorp Vault and OpenBao- tools for securely storing, auditing… --- ## [\[Lambda\] Plugins for v2](https://forums.swift.org/t/lambda-plugins-for-v2/76859)
**Author:** [@sebsto](https://forums.swift.org/u/sebsto)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/lambda-plugins-for-v2/76859 "2025-03-13T15:33:45Z")
I propose the development of three new plugins to streamline the scaffolding, building, packaging, and deployment of Lambda functions written in Swift. The proposal is detailed in the attached pull request. Kindly provi… --- ## [Swift Crypto Extras](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-crypto-extras/40591)
**Author:** [@tanner0101](https://forums.swift.org/u/tanner0101)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-crypto-extras/40591 "2024-12-02T18:53:13Z")
There is a need, among server-side apps, for cryptographic functionality outside of what Swift Crypto currently provides. For Vapor specifically, some examples of this include RSA (MySQL and JWT) and Bcrypt (Vapor). In o… --- ## ["Install Swift" GitHub Action](https://forums.swift.org/t/install-swift-github-action/53557)
**Author:** [@slashmo](https://forums.swift.org/u/slashmo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/install-swift-github-action/53557 "2024-10-22T02:54:02Z")
Hi folks :waving\_hand: I’d like to pitch my GitHub Action slashmo/install-swift to be endorsed by the SSWG. The action lets you install any\* version of Swift available on swift.org, while caching previously installed ver… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Vapor](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-vapor/70660)
**Author:** [@0xTim](https://forums.swift.org/u/0xTim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-vapor/70660 "2024-03-29T17:39:18Z")
Hello everyone, We'd like to pitch the main Vapor package to the SSWG incubation process. Vapor is one of the oldest and biggest server-side Swift frameworks used by many companies big and small. Motivation Server-side… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Hummingbird](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-hummingbird/70700)
**Author:** [@adam-fowler](https://forums.swift.org/u/adam-fowler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-hummingbird/70700 "2024-03-15T12:09:11Z")
Hi, We would like to pitch what will become v2.0 of Hummingbird to the SSWG incubation process. The beta has just been released and we feel it is ready for submission. Motivation HTTP servers/applications come in many … --- ## [\[Pitch\] JWTKit](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-jwtkit/70205)
**Author:** [@ptoffy](https://forums.swift.org/u/ptoffy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-jwtkit/70205 "2024-03-12T09:26:08Z")
Pitch Hello everyone, Now we've released the Beta of JWTKit v5 we feel we're in a good position to pitch this to the incubation process. We're not anticipating any API changes unless anything comes up before we tag the … --- ## [\[Pitch\] JWT/JWS/JWT support kit](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-jwt-jws-jwt-support-kit/68113)
**Author:** [@amosavian](https://forums.swift.org/u/amosavian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-jwt-jws-jwt-support-kit/68113 "2024-01-29T02:25:10Z")
Hello, Introduction I would like to pitch JWSETKit to the SSWG. JWSETKit is a library that supports create, sign, decode and verify JWS and JWT objects and encrypt/decrypt using JWE standard. Motivation JSON Web Token… --- ## [\[Pitch\] OracleNIO: Oracle DB Driver built on SwiftNIO](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-oraclenio-oracle-db-driver-built-on-swiftnio/69088)
**Author:** [@lovetodream](https://forums.swift.org/u/lovetodream)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-oraclenio-oracle-db-driver-built-on-swiftnio/69088 "2023-12-27T09:21:50Z")
I'd like to pitch my OracleNIO library to the SSWG incubation process. It provides a database driver for interacting with Oracle databases starting with version 12.1. Motivation Oracle databases are widely used, especia… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Swift Service Context](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-service-context/66687)
**Author:** [@ktoso](https://forums.swift.org/u/ktoso)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-service-context/66687 "2023-08-10T16:47:26Z")
Hello everyone, as a companion to the just posted \[Pitch\] Swift Distributed Tracing we'd like to also pitch the endorsement of the swift-service-context package by the SSWG. Proposal: SSWG-NNNN Authors: Konrad 'ktoso… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Swift Distributed Tracing](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-distributed-tracing/66679)
**Author:** [@slashmo](https://forums.swift.org/u/slashmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-distributed-tracing/66679 "2023-08-10T16:44:12Z")
We would like to pitch Swift Distributed Tracing to the SSWG. Proposal swift-server/sswg/pull/84 Authors Moritz Lang, Konrad 'ktoso' Malawski Proposed Maturity Level Incubating Motivation Whereas Loggin… --- ## [SQLiteNIO](https://forums.swift.org/t/sqlitenio/46664)
**Author:** [@0xTim](https://forums.swift.org/u/0xTim)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/sqlitenio/46664 "2023-06-28T19:38:34Z")
SQLiteNIO: Client for SQLite built on NIO. The Vapor Core team would like to pitch its SQLiteNIO library to the SSWG incubation process. This provides a client for interacting with a local SQLite database. Motivation Th… --- ## [NIO-based gRPC Swift](https://forums.swift.org/t/nio-based-grpc-swift/29396)
**Author:** [@georgebarnett](https://forums.swift.org/u/georgebarnett)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/nio-based-grpc-swift/29396 "2023-05-19T22:41:09Z")
Pitch Include gRPC-Swift among the official and recommended SSWG projects. Motivation gRPC enables high-performance open standards-based interoperability for Swift services with services written in other languages. Quo… --- ## [Swift Memcached Client\[GSoC 2023\]](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-memcached-client-gsoc-2023/63988)
**Author:** [@atj3097](https://forums.swift.org/u/atj3097)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-memcached-client-gsoc-2023/63988 "2023-03-27T00:31:21Z")
GSoC Proposal - Swift Memcached Client using SwiftNIO - Feedback and Guidance Requested Hey everyone, My name is Adam, and I'm currently working on a proposal for the Google Summer of Code program. I would like to crea… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Swift Cassandra Client](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-cassandra-client/62509)
**Author:** [@yim\_lee](https://forums.swift.org/u/yim_lee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-cassandra-client/62509 "2023-01-24T03:08:46Z")
Hello, We would like to pitch the Swift Cassandra Client package for inclusion in the SSWG incubation process. The library has not yet reached version 1.0, but since it has been used successfully at Apple, we propose to… --- ## [Swift implementation of the QUIC protocol](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-implementation-of-the-quic-protocol/59631)
**Author:** [@kenneth](https://forums.swift.org/u/kenneth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-implementation-of-the-quic-protocol/59631 "2022-11-29T23:09:22Z")
Pitch Make swift-quic an official and recommended SSWG project. Motivation QUIC is now an official IETF standard and supported in all major browsers, with implementations in several major languages, Swift being a notabl… --- ## [\[Pitch\] Swift Distributed Actors (Cluster)](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-distributed-actors-cluster/61061)
**Author:** [@ktoso](https://forums.swift.org/u/ktoso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-swift-distributed-actors-cluster/61061 "2022-10-27T14:56:44Z")
Hello everyone, We’d like to pitch the Swift Distributed Actors package which includes the ClusterSystem implementation for inclusion in in the SSWG incubation process. As the library has not yet reached its 1.0 version… --- ## [Pitch - GraphQL](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-graphql/59554)
**Author:** [@NeedleInAJayStack](https://forums.swift.org/u/NeedleInAJayStack)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-graphql/59554 "2022-08-22T01:47:06Z")
I'd like to pitch the GraphQLSwift organization's GraphQL library to the SSWG incubation process. This library is a Swift port of the JavaScript reference GraphQL implementation, written on top of Swift NIO. It provides … --- ## [Json](https://forums.swift.org/t/json/54922)
**Author:** [@taylorswift](https://forums.swift.org/u/taylorswift)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/json/54922 "2022-02-04T04:09:57Z")
not sure if this fits into a “pitch” or a “proposal”, or something in-between, but here goes nothing: motivation JSON is one of the most common formats to exchange structured data as over a network, but right now we’re … --- ## [Mqttnio](https://forums.swift.org/t/mqttnio/53238)
**Author:** [@adam-fowler](https://forums.swift.org/u/adam-fowler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/mqttnio/53238 "2021-11-03T07:00:15Z")
I would like to pitch the library MQTTNIO for inclusion in the SSWG package list. MQTTNIO is a MQTT client library built on top of Swift NIO. Motivation MQTT is a messaging protocol commonly used for communicating with … --- ## [SwiftLog + StringInterpolation](https://forums.swift.org/t/swiftlog-stringinterpolation/52313)
**Author:** [@shapsuk](https://forums.swift.org/u/shapsuk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swiftlog-stringinterpolation/52313 "2021-10-29T15:23:05Z")
To be honest I'm not 100% sure if I'm posting this in the right place so apologies if not and please do let me know. That being said, I love the SwiftLog library but as an app's developer I also love the API ergonomics … --- ## [MySQLNIO](https://forums.swift.org/t/mysqlnio/46663)
**Author:** [@0xTim](https://forums.swift.org/u/0xTim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/mysqlnio/46663 "2021-03-26T08:03:26Z")
MySQLNIO: Client for MySQL server built on NIO. The Vapor Core team would like to pitch its MySQL NIO library to the SSWG incubation process. This provides a client for connecting to, authorising, and querying a MySQL se… --- ## [MultipartKit](https://forums.swift.org/t/multipartkit/45262)
**Author:** [@0xTim](https://forums.swift.org/u/0xTim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/multipartkit/45262 "2021-03-18T12:23:10Z")
Introduction The Vapor Core Team would like to pitch MultipartKit to the SSWG. MultipartKit is a Swift library for encoding and decoding multipart form data based on SwiftNIO. It contains a C library used for the actual … --- ## [Adding daemonization to swift service lifecycle](https://forums.swift.org/t/adding-daemonization-to-swift-service-lifecycle/44792)
**Author:** [@hassila](https://forums.swift.org/u/hassila)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/adding-daemonization-to-swift-service-lifecycle/44792 "2021-02-16T07:08:18Z")
Hi, Hope I’m putting this in the proper forum even if it is just a small improvement. Just wanted to check peoples thoughts on adding proper daemonization to the swift service lifecycle framework? I added: https://gi… [Next page](https://forums.swift.org/c/server/pitches/44.md?page=1)