lquixada/cross-fetch

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1695 stars · 106 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

cross-fetch is a universal WHATWG Fetch API implementation that works across Node.js, browsers, workers, and React Native. It can be used as a local ponyfill import or an optional global polyfill, keeping fetch behavior spec-compliant on every platform.

Use cases

• make http requests with fetch in node
• share the same fetch code between browser and node
• use fetch in react native apps
• polyfill fetch on older node versions
• use fetch in service workers or cloudflare workers
• isomorphic fetch for universal javascript apps

When to choose

• your codebase runs on multiple platforms and needs one consistent fetch API
• you need a spec-compliant fetch ponyfill without polluting globals
• you want TypeScript types and a tiny dependency-free fetch wrapper

When to avoid

• you only target modern browsers or Node 18+ where native fetch exists
• you need advanced features like interceptors or retries not covered by the fetch spec
• you need streaming request bodies in Node, which has limited support

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client web-development apis developer-tools browser cross-platform fetch whatwg-fetch isomorphic ponyfill polyfill react-native typescript nodejs

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="lquixada/cross-fetch")