Decision Workspace
http-lib vs reqres vs minreq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
http-lib
growingv0.1.0
High-level, asynchronous API for ureq, a safe HTTP client
41
reqres
experimentalv1.0.0
A pure Rust async HTTP client library based on Tokio with HTTP/2, connection pooling, proxy, cookie, compression, benchmarks, and comprehensive tests
75
minreq
stablev3.0.0
Simple, minimal-dependency HTTP client
Core Metrics
| http-lib | reqres | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 41 | 75 |
| Total Downloads | 39.6K | 112.8K | 5.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.1K | 27.2K | 242.8K |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 1.8K |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Last Updated | 624d ago | 90d ago | 28d ago |
| Age | 1y 8m | 3m | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
http-lib
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
reqres
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
minreq
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| http-lib | reqres | minreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.0 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | ISC |
| Dependencies | 8 | 19 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 47KB | 42KB |
| Features | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •minreq leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •minreq is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ http-lib has not been updated in over a year.
- •http-lib is pre-1.0 — API may change.