List of web service frameworks

A list of web service frameworks:

Name	Platform	Messaging Model(Destination)	Specifications	Protocols
ActionWebService	Ruby (on Rails)	Client/Server	?	SOAP, XML-RPC, WSDL
AlchemySOAP	C++	Client/Server	WS-Addressing	SOAP
Apache Axis	Java/C++	Client/Server	WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Coordination, WS-Security, WS-AtomicTransaction, WS-Addressing	SOAP, WSDL
Apache Axis2	Java/C	Client/Server/ Asyn Support	WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, WS-AtomicTransaction, WS-Addressing ,MTOM ,WS-Policy, WS-MetadataExchange	SOAP1.1, SOAP1.2, MTOM, WSDL 2.0, WSDL, REST
Apache CXF	Java	Client/Server/ Asyn Support	WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security, WS-Addressing, MTOM, WS-Policy, WS-SecureConversation, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Trust	SOAP1.1, SOAP1.2, MTOM, WSDL 2.0, WSDL
Banshee	Java	Client	?	SOAP1.1, SOAP1.2, MTOM, WSDL 2.0, WSDL
appRain	PHP	Client/Server/	PHP Reflection API. Auto Generate WSDL and Cache	SOAP, WSDL
csoap	C	Client/Server	?	SOAP
ColdBox Platform	ColdFusion	Client/Server	Web development platform	SOAP, REST, WSDL
FEAST	Qt/C++	Client/Server	WS-Addressing	SOAP, WSDL
gSOAP	C/C++	Client/Server	WS-Addressing, WS-Discovery, WS-Enumeration, WS-Security	JSON, SOAP, XML-RPC, WSDL
Guzzle	PHP	Client		REST
Halcyon	Ruby	Client/Server	N/A	JSON
HED Hosting Environment Daemon	C++ with Python and Java bindings	Client/Server	Selected parts of WSRF, WS-Security, WS-Addressing, SAML	SOAP
Hessian	Java, Ruby, Python, Erlang, PHP, others	Client/Server	Hessian 1.0.1	Hessian
JSON-RPC-Java	Java	Server	???	JSON-RPC
JSON-RPC-Lua	Lua	Server	???	JSON-RPC
Java Web Services Development Pack / GlassFish	Java	Client/Server	WS-Addressing, WS-Security, ???	SOAP, WSDL, ???
Jt Framework	Java/C	Client/Server/ Messaging	WS-*	SOAP, REST, any well-known protocol
.NET Framework	C#, VB .NET	Client/Server	WS-Addressing, WS-Security,	SOAP, WSDL, ???
NuSOAP	PHP	Client/Server	Object Oriented, Creates Users Help document, ?	SOAP1.1, WSDL
Rogue Wave Hydra Eclipse Based Development	C++, Java	Client/Server	WS-Security, SCA, SDO, Transport/Protocol neutral (JMS/SOAP, raw socket/binary, etc.)	SOAP, WSDL
ServiceStack REST and SOAP Web Services	C#	Client/Server	WS-*	SOAP, XML-RPC, WSDL, JSON-RPC, JSON, CSV, JSV
Simple Remoting	Java / JavaScript	Client/Server		JSON/HTTP, HTTP GET/POST
SOAP Lite	Perl	Client/Server	???	SOAP, WSDL, ???
Staff	C++, AJAX, J2ME	Client/Server/Asyn support	All of Apache Axis2/C	SOAP, WSDL, REST
Turmeric	Java	Client/Server/Async/LocalBinding	Turmeric is a comprehensive, policy-driven SOA platform that you can use to develop, deploy, secure, run and monitor SOA services and consumers	SOAP, WSDL, REST, MTOM, JSON, XML, Supports 'RAW' mode also.
Web Services Interoperability Technology	Java	Client/Server	WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction, WS-Security, WS-Security Policy, WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Policy, WS-MetadataExchange	SOAP, WSDL, MTOM, JSON, XML
Web Services Invocation Framework	Java	Client	???	SOAP, WSDL
Windows Communication Foundation	.Net	Client/Server/Asyn support	WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Security	SOAP, WSDL, REST
WSO2 WSF/PHP	PHP	Client/Server	SOAP MTOM, WS-Addressing, WS-Security, WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Secure Conversation, WS-ReliableMessaging	SOAP, WSDL
XFire became Apache CXF	Java	Client/Server	WS-Addressing, WS-Security	SOAP, WSDL
XML Interface for Network Services	Java	Server ?	??	SOAP, XML-RPC, WSDL, JSON-RPC, JSON
Zend Framework	PHP	Client/Server	?	SOAP, JSON, JSON-RPC, REST, XML-RPC
Suds	Python	Client	?	SOAP, WSDL
Zolera	Python	Client/Server	?	SOAP, WSDL
Soaplib	Python	Server	?	SOAP, WSDL
Ladon	Python 2 and 3	Server	?	SOAPJSON-WSP, WSDL

See also

• Comparison of web application frameworks
• List of web service specifications
• List of web service protocols
• Web service