# lostisland/faraday

Simple, but flexible HTTP client library, with support for multiple backends.

Repository: https://github.com/lostisland/faraday
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lostisland-faraday
Homepage: https://lostisland.github.io/faraday
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-12T08:14:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6110, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 70, "gap_med": 24, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5950, forks 1024 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.711288+00:00)

## What it is
Faraday is a Ruby HTTP client library that provides a common interface over multiple HTTP backends such as Net::HTTP, Typhoeus, and Patron. It uses Rack-style middleware to customize the request/response cycle, making it easy to build API clients and web service libraries.

## Use cases
- make HTTP requests in Ruby with a unified API across backends
- build a wrapper client for a REST API
- swap HTTP adapters without changing client code
- add custom middleware to retry, log, or instrument requests
- upload files or stream responses over HTTP
- parse JSON, XML, or YAML responses automatically

## When to choose
- you are writing Ruby code that talks to HTTP APIs
- you want adapter-agnostic HTTP with pluggable middleware
- you need persistent connections, parallel requests, or streaming in Ruby

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight one-off HTTP call and prefer Net::HTTP directly
- you are not working in Ruby
- you need a full browser or GUI HTTP tool rather than a library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, middleware, serialization
- domain: web-development, apis, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: http-client-abstraction, rack-middleware, api-clients, pluggable-adapters

## Member repositories
- lostisland/faraday (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.711288+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 2026-08-29T17:50:43.398052+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lostisland/faraday (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.711288+00:00, sha aae2214c50ad)
  - homepage: https://lostisland.github.io/faraday (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:13.139601+00:00, sha cccfe3cac85f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.