httpie/cli

🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/httpie/cli · homepage · Python · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

Activity 0
Release rhythm 8
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 5303
days_rel: 670
days_push: 624
n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

38457 stars · 3996 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

HTTPie CLI is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client written in Python for testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs and HTTP servers. It offers intuitive syntax, built-in JSON support, colorized output, sessions, downloads, and a plugin system.

Use cases

test REST APIs from the terminal
send HTTP requests with JSON bodies easily
debug HTTP servers and webhooks
download files over HTTP like wget
manage authenticated API sessions
replace curl with a more readable syntax

When to choose

you want a human-friendly curl alternative for API testing
you frequently send JSON requests from the command line
you need colorized, formatted HTTP response output
you want persistent sessions and auth handling in a CLI

When to avoid

you need a GUI-based API client with collections and team sync
you need scripted HTTP in a programming language rather than a CLI tool
you require extremely lightweight or zero-dependency tooling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

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6 sources

readme: https://github.com/httpie/cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4f8c962636b6
homepage: https://httpie.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 834014f0aeeb
site_page: https://httpie.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 094d0ee471f7
site_page: https://httpie.io/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · bd81b28e4ee3
site_page: https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0027 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 791601e8f1dd
site_page: https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0017 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b317c8544eb

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
httpie/cli	main	23

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