developit/unfetch
🐕 Bare minimum 500b fetch polyfill. 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: 3479
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1137
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5699 stars · 202 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A tiny (~500 byte gzipped) fetch polyfill/ponyfill for browsers, implemented on top of XMLHttpRequest. It provides a minimal subset of the fetch API with headers and text/JSON responses, usable as a global polyfill or as a module import.
Use cases
- polyfill fetch in older browsers like IE8+
- make ajax requests with a tiny footprint
- use fetch API without modifying globals via ponyfill
- add fetch support to legacy web apps
- reduce bundle size compared to whatwg-fetch
When to choose
- you need fetch support in old browsers with minimal bytes
- you only need basic requests with text/JSON responses
- you want a dependency-free ponyfill for bundlers
When to avoid
- you need streaming request/response bodies
- you need the full fetch spec including Request/Response objects
- you're targeting only modern browsers that already have fetch
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
http-client web-framework web-development frontend apis browser cross-platform fetch-polyfill ponyfill xmlhttprequest ajax tiny zero-dependency nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/developit/unfetch · fetched 2026-08-28 · 21efcb4c12b0
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/unfetch · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0364112caad1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| developit/unfetch | main | 23 |
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