reqwest
v0.13.4 Growinghigher level HTTP client library
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 49d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (301.8K crates depend on it)
- !Heavy dependency tree (62 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
49.9M downloads in the last 30 days (1.7M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
301.8K crates depend on reqwest — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
reqwest has only 1 owner despite 301.8K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 9+ years old, reqwest hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
62 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include syn, axum, prometheus, opentelemetry-otlp, opentelemetry-http. When high-quality crates choose reqwest, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["default-tls", "charset", "http2", "system-proxy"]