Decision Workspace
rsurl vs minreq vs isahc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
rsurl
experimentalv0.1.5
A pure-Rust implementation of curl. Library, C FFI, and CLI for HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS.
75
minreq
stablev3.0.0
Simple, minimal-dependency HTTP client
74
isahc
stablev2.0.1
The practical HTTP client that is fun to use.
Core Metrics
| rsurl | minreq | isahc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 75 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 3.7K | 5.6M | 16.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.2K | 242.8K | 242.7K |
| Dependents | 19 | 1.8K | 1.8K |
| Releases | 17 | 52 | 49 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 28d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 1m | 8y 4m | 6y 11m |
Health Breakdown
rsurl
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
minreq
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
isahc
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rsurl | minreq | isahc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.5 | 3.0.0 | 2.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | ISC | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| Crate Size | 624KB | 42KB | 165KB |
| Features | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.63 | 1.85 |
| 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.
- •isahc has the most downloads (16.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •isahc is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •rsurl is pre-1.0 — API may change.