wreq

An ergonomic, privacy-aware Rust HTTP Client observed · 2026-09-01

github.com/0x676e67/wreq · homepage · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-09-01

Health v2 · maintenance only

90/100

Activity 100
Release rhythm 99
Longevity 50

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: 2.0
age_days: 713
days_rel: 7
days_push: 2
n_releases_24m: 57

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1006 stars · 119 forks observed · 2026-09-01

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

wreq is an ergonomic, privacy-aware HTTP client written in Rust with a Python binding (wreq-python) that provides high-fidelity browser TLS/JA3/JA4/HTTP/2 fingerprint emulation via BoringSSL. It supports 100+ browser device emulation profiles, async and blocking clients, WebSocket upgrades, rotating proxies, and streaming transfers.

Use cases

scrape websites protected by Cloudflare or Akamai bot detection
make HTTP requests that mimic a real Chrome browser TLS fingerprint
send requests with custom JA3/JA4 fingerprints in Python
bypass TLS fingerprinting anti-bot systems
use a requests-like client with HTTP/2 and WebSocket support
rotate proxies across scraping requests
emulate specific browser versions for protocol-level fingerprint matching

When to choose

you need to evade TLS/HTTP2 fingerprint-based bot detection that blocks standard clients like requests or httpx
you want browser-accurate JA3/JA4/Akamai fingerprints without manually crafting fingerprint strings
you need a fast Rust-backed HTTP client with a Pythonic async/blocking API
you need WebSocket, cookie store, mTLS, and rotating proxies in one client

When to avoid

you just need a simple HTTP client with no anti-bot requirements (use requests or httpx)
you need a pure-Python dependency without compiled binaries
you need full browser automation like JavaScript execution (use Playwright or Selenium)
your target site blocks by IP or JavaScript challenges rather than TLS fingerprints

Facets

library · maturity active

http-client web-scraping websocket security web-development crawlers networking privacy python rust windows cross-platform tls-fingerprint ja3 ja4 akamai-fingerprint browser-emulation anti-bot-bypass boringssl http2 async curl-impersonate-alternative linux macos

10 sources

readme: https://github.com/0x676e67/wreq · fetched 2026-09-01 · 581157d79e2b
homepage: https://wreq.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · dd7738edcef6
site_page: https://docs.rs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 23879d451d7c
site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/wreq/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3ae84f38f04c
site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/wreq/latest/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a093d90f7e5
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
0x676e67/wreq	main	90
0x676e67/wreq-python	sdk	81

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