Decision Workspace
requests vs curl-rest vs restson
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
requests
growingv0.0.30
Rust HTTP client API styled after awesome Python requests - [WORK IN PROGRESS]
54
curl-rest
experimentalv0.5.1
A reqwest-like REST client built on libcurl for true blocking requests.
53
restson
growingv1.5.0
Easy-to-use REST client with automatic serialization and deserialization.
Core Metrics
| requests | curl-rest | restson | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 198.8K | 276 | 174.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 4.1K |
| Dependents | 58 | 0 | 44 |
| Releases | 30 | 8 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 3334d ago | 103d ago | 749d ago |
| Age | 10y 4m | 3m | 8y 5m |
Health Breakdown
requests
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
curl-rest
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
restson
Maintenance
5
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| requests | curl-rest | restson | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.30 | 0.5.1 | 1.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 29KB | 14KB |
| Features | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •curl-rest leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •requests has the most downloads (198.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ requests, restson have not been updated in over a year.
- •requests, curl-rest are pre-1.0 — API may change.