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    seanmonstar/reqwest

    An easy and powerful Rust HTTP Client

    networking
    http
    http-client
    rust
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    11.9K stars
    1.4K forks
    83 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 58 days ago, with 392 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #49 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 4, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an ergonomic, batteries-included HTTP client for Rust supporting async and blocking requests.
    • Offers seamless integration with system-native TLS or rustls, enabling secure and customizable HTTP communication.
    • Use for building asynchronous web clients that require JSON, multipart, or urlencoded request bodies in Rust.
    • Use for implementing HTTP clients in desktop or server Rust applications needing proxy support and cookie management.
    • Use for creating WebAssembly applications that perform HTTP requests with native TLS support across platforms.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    An ergonomic, batteries-included HTTP Client for Rust.

    For private advice, support, reviews, access to the maintainer, and the like, reach out for commercial support.

    Excerpt from the seanmonstar/reqwest README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.4K+41

    Open issues

    489+22

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