Requests
Human-friendly HTTP client.
http-clients-frameworksnpm: axios
81
Hero Score
Popularity
76
Performance
30
Ecosystem
100
Maturity
100
Dev Experience
100
⭐ 54,594 stars⬇ 311.0M downloads/wkFirst release: Feb 2011Last release: May 2026
Async Support: NoPlugin Extensions: Very highSpeed: MediumDoc Quality: Very highLearning Curve: Very easy
Pros
- • Dead-simple API and great docs
- • Huge ecosystem and stable
- • Works everywhere with minimal setup
Cons
- • Sync-only; no built-in async
- • No native HTTP/2
- • Slower for high-concurrency workloads