# seanmonstar/reqwest

An easy and powerful Rust HTTP Client

Repository: https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reqwest
Homepage: https://docs.rs/reqwest
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, http, http-client
Last push: 2026-08-10T15:05:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3716, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 100, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11800, forks 1406 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.966578+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, web-scraping, serialization
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: rust, wasm, cross-platform
- tags: async, tokio, tls, rustls, json, multipart, cookies, http-proxy, http3, hyper

## Member repositories
- seanmonstar/reqwest (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.966578+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 2026-08-29T17:15:18.801175+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.