# juancarlospaco/faster-than-requests

Faster requests on Python 3

Repository: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/faster-than-requests
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/faster-than-requests
Homepage: https://gist.github.com/juancarlospaco/37da34ed13a609663f55f4466c4dbc3e
Language: Nim
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, python3, python-library, http-requests, python-requests, web-scraping, download-file, speed, curl, cython, urllib, faster-than-requests, open-data, urllib3, requests3, scrapy, ndjson, high-performance, requests-toolbelt, web-scraper
Last push: 2026-08-24T10:35:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2851, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1129, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.150058+00:00)

## What it is
A Python 3 HTTP client library claiming to be much faster than the popular Requests library, implemented with a compiled core and minimal dependencies. It bundles features like WebSocket support and a built-in multi-threaded web scraper.

## Use cases
- make faster http requests in python
- replace requests library with a faster alternative
- scrape websites with a built-in multithreaded scraper
- download files quickly from the web
- reduce dependencies in an http client
- fetch  and nd from apis

## When to choose
- you need maximum http request throughput in Python
- you want a lightweight client with few dependencies
- you need built-in web scraping or websocket support

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, widely-supported client like requests
- you rely on the requests plugin/extension ecosystem
- the project's maintenance status is a concern for production

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, web-scraping
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, crawlers
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: http-requests, performance, curl, nim, drop-in-replacement, web-scraper

## Member repositories
- juancarlospaco/faster-than-requests (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.150058+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 2026-08-30T06:38:24.722619+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/juancarlospaco/faster-than-requests (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.150058+00:00, sha 29d1447fb370)
  - homepage: https://gist.github.com/juancarlospaco/37da34ed13a609663f55f4466c4dbc3e (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:48.288286+00:00, sha 98bfa476ace9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.