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http-client

v6.5.3 Growing

Types and traits for http clients.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • โœ“Stable API (6.x for 7+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 248 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (31 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
6.5M
Dependents
248
Releases
24
Size
42KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

230.7K downloads in the last 30 days (7.7K/day), up 42% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

248 crates depend on http-client. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 156 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 7+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 24 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Heavy dependency tree

31 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Compact crate

At 41KB, http-client is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include surf, tide, preroll, valor_core, melodium-repository. When high-quality crates choose http-client, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
6K/day avg+69%
05K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v6.5.3
75%
v6.5.1
11%
v6.3.5
6%
v6.4.1
4%
v6.2.0
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["h1_client", "native-tls"]

docsrustlsh1_client*native-tls*curl_clientwasm_clienthyper_clientnative_clientunstable-config

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
31
direct dependencies
Dependents
248
crates depend on http-client

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