# ded/reqwest

browser asynchronous http requests

Repository: https://github.com/ded/reqwest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ded-reqwest
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: ajax, reqwest, javascript, jquery, jsonp
Last push: 2021-10-03T11:58:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5633, "days_push": 1795, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2921, forks 332 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.229722+00:00)

## What it is
Reqwest is a small browser-side JavaScript library that wraps asynchronous HTTP requests (AJAX) with support for XMLHttpRequest, JSONP, CORS, and Promises/A. It can also run in Node.js via the xhr2 peer dependency, though it is primarily intended for the browser.

## Use cases
- make ajax requests without jquery
- fetch  from an api in the browser
- load p from a cross-domain endpoint
- send post requests with form data or
- make cors requests with credentials
- use promises for http requests in legacy browsers

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy codebase that needs a tiny jquery-like ajax wrapper
- you need JSONP support in an old browser environment
- you want a lightweight alternative to pulling in jquery just for ajax

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use the native fetch API instead
- you need a full-featured http client for Node.js
- you need actively maintained software with security patches

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client
- domain: web-development, frontend, apis
- platform: browser
- tags: ajax, xhr, p, cors, promises, jquery-alternative, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ded/reqwest (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.229722+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:33:46.772787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ded/reqwest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.229722+00:00, sha 9e02c2230a1f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/reqwest (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:22.408142+00:00, sha f57e1df9447e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.