It can be used to create RESTful APIs, web apps, and real-time applications using WebSockets.

In addition to the core framework, Vapor provides an ORM, a templating language, and packages to facilitate user authentication and authorization.

Apple cited the speed with which Vapor (along with Kitura) adopted the new SwiftNIO framework on the main Swift.org server page.

[12] Vapor 3's beta period saw educational material published by Packt,[13][14][15] Paul Hudson,[16] Razeware LLC,[17] and lynda.com.

[18] Vapor was recognized by Swift.org with an official Swift Forum in its inaugural group of Related Projects[19] in May 2018.