Kong/unirest-php

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1281 stars · 317 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Unirest for PHP is a lightweight, simplified HTTP client library for making GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and other requests. It supports form parameters, file uploads, gzip, multiple auth schemes, and automatic JSON response parsing.

Use cases

• make http requests in php
• call rest apis from php
• send post requests with json bodies
• upload files via http in php
• handle basic and digest authentication in http requests
• parse json api responses in php

When to choose

• you need a simple, lightweight HTTP client in PHP without heavy dependencies
• you want automatic JSON response parsing and simple request helpers
• you need built-in support for Basic, Digest, Negotiate, or NTLM auth

When to avoid

• the project is explicitly marked as not maintained, so prefer actively maintained alternatives like Guzzle
• you need async requests, middleware, or advanced features beyond simple request/response handling

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-client web-development apis developer-tools php http-requests rest-client curl json lightweight

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