projectdiscovery/httpx
httpx is a fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit that allows running multiple probes using the retryablehttp library.
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Where it stands
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2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 47 days ago, with 120 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 6% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a fast, multi-purpose HTTP toolkit for running multiple probes with retry and fallback capabilities.
- Ensures reliable HTTP probing with configurable flags, automatic HTTPS to HTTP fallback, and robust retry handling for edge cases.
- Use for automated reconnaissance and asset discovery in bug bounty and penetration testing workflows.
- Use for integrating HTTP probing into CI/CD pipelines to validate web service availability and response characteristics.
- Use for extracting detailed HTTP response metadata like TLS certificates, headers, and content hashes for cybersecurity analysis.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
httpxis a fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit that allows running multiple probes using the retryablehttp library. It is designed to maintain result reliability with an increased number of threads.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
1.1K+19
Open issues
8+5
Compared with peers in CLI
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| vercel-labs/agent-desktop | 17.0K | +13.3K | 33 | today |
| mattpocock/skills | 315.4K | +8.7K | 35 | 7 days ago |
| stablyai/orca | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | today |
| obra/superpowers | 313.1K | +4.5K | 53 | 2 days ago |
| Panniantong/Agent-Reach | 109.3K | +3.0K | 60 | 4 days ago |
| projectdiscovery/httpx | 10.5K | — | 62 | 47 days ago |
| Category median | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | — |
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