Open-source alternatives to Request

4 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Request itself when the data says so.

About Request: Node's most-downloaded HTTP client for a decade, fully deprecated in 2020.

Looks unmaintained since 2024-08-14 — Request: no commits for over a year. Computed from its GitHub repository, not our opinion.

25,510 stars · last commit 2024-08-14 · latest release v2.88.1 (2018-08-10) · 143 open issues/PRs · Apache-2.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 25/100 was computed

Last commit	2.1 years ago	0/40
Latest release	8.1 years ago	0/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		25/100

The alternatives

Axios

90 /100 actively maintained

Promise-based HTTP client for browser and Node.

109,196 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release v1.20.0 (2026-08-24) · 91 open issues/PRs · MIT · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	11 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

Got

87 /100 actively maintained

Human-friendly powerful HTTP request library for Node.

14,939 stars · last commit 2026-09-02 · latest release v16.0.0 (2026-08-30) · 1 open issues/PRs · MIT · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	2 days ago	40/40
Latest release	5 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100

Ky

87 /100 actively maintained

Tiny fetch wrapper with retries and hooks.

17,053 stars · last commit 2026-09-02 · latest release v2.1.0 (2026-08-28) · 2 open issues/PRs · MIT · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	2 days ago	40/40
Latest release	7 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100

node-fetch

46 /100 slowing down

The fetch API for Node; often now replaced by built-in fetch.

8,857 stars · last commit 2026-05-12 · latest release v2.7.0 (2023-08-23) · 250 open issues/PRs · MIT · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 46/100 was computed

Last commit	3 months ago	24/40
Latest release	3.0 years ago	0/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		46/100