Decision Workspace
bouillon vs ureq vs reqwest
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
bouillon
experimentalv0.2.0
A thin, opinionated wrapper around soup that provides an easy, fluent API for sending HTTP requests.
74
ureq
stablev3.3.0
Simple, safe HTTP client
69
reqwest
growingv0.13.2
higher level HTTP client library
Core Metrics
| bouillon | ureq | reqwest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 74 | 69 |
| Total Downloads | 156 | 107.4M | 415.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 77 | 10.2M | 32.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 17.6K | 213.3K |
| Releases | 3 | 112 | 123 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 6d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 2m | 7y 9m | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
bouillon
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
ureq
Maintenance
19
Quality
19
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
reqwest
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bouillon | ureq | reqwest | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 3.3.0 | 0.13.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 28 | 62 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 148KB | 158KB |
| Features | 4 | 23 | 30 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.64.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ureq leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •reqwest has the most downloads (415.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •reqwest is depended on by 213.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •bouillon, reqwest are pre-1.0 — API may change.