seanmonstar/reqwest
An easy and powerful Rust HTTP Client observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 85
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8
- age_days: 3716
- days_rel: 100
- days_push: 23
- n_releases_24m: 26
Adoption not part of the score
11800 stars · 1406 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Reqwest is an ergonomic, batteries-included HTTP client library for Rust built on hyper. It supports async and blocking clients, JSON/multipart/urlencoded bodies, TLS via rustls or native TLS, proxies, cookies, and WASM targets.
Use cases
- make http requests from rust
- call a rest api in rust
- download files over https
- send json post requests
- scrape web pages in rust
- use an http client behind a proxy
- upload multipart files from rust
When to choose
- you need a high-level, ergonomic HTTP client in Rust with async or blocking APIs
- you want built-in JSON, multipart, cookies, redirects, and proxy support
- you need TLS with rustls or system-native TLS and WASM compatibility
When to avoid
- you need a minimal, low-level HTTP client with full control (use hyper directly)
- you need a full HTTP server rather than a client
- you are not working in Rust
Facets
library · maturity stable
http-client web-scraping serialization web-development developer-tools apis rust wasm cross-platform async tokio tls rustls json multipart cookies http-proxy http3 hyper
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest · fetched 2026-08-28 · d353552b3fea
- homepage: https://docs.rs/reqwest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 99b7ff588ab1
- site_page: https://docs.rs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6620a6c6f1f0
- site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/reqwest/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 18af0081ef38
- site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/reqwest/latest/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · a4260608885e
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 29ab7986fbf5
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/badges · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6588cac258af
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/builds · fetched 2026-08-29 · 811231ca4680
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/metadata · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0dcdccb2b2b2
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/redirections · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b1efd93105f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| seanmonstar/reqwest | main | 93 |
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