# sneako/finch

Elixir HTTP client, focused on performance

Repository: https://github.com/sneako/finch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sneako-finch
Language: Elixir
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: elixir, http-client
Last push: 2026-06-17T06:05:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2506, "days_push": 77, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1363, forks 145 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:30.492108+00:00)

## What it is
Finch is a high-performance HTTP client library for Elixir, built on Mint and NimblePool. It provides efficient connection pooling strategies and minimal memory copying for making HTTP requests.

## Use cases
- make fast HTTP requests from an Elixir app
- pool HTTP connections per host in Elixir
- replace hackney/httpoison with a faster client
- configure per-origin connection pool sizes
- isolate traffic with pool tagging
- use as the low-level engine behind Req

## When to choose
- you need a performant, pooled HTTP client in Elixir
- you make many concurrent requests to known origins
- you want fine-grained pool configuration

## When to avoid
- you want a friendly high-level API - use Req instead
- you need a non-Elixir language client

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: elixir, cross-platform
- tags: connection-pooling, http1, http2, mint, performance

## Member repositories
- sneako/finch (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.492108+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 2026-08-30T04:41:26.804875+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sneako/finch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.492108+00:00, sha 80499e1377ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.