axios alternatives

HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js. It powers Node's built-in fetch.

• Node.js's built-in fetch is powered by a bundled version of undici, from Node.js v18.
• Installing the package gives a newer undici than the one bundled with Node, plus APIs the built-in fetch lacks, such as ProxyAgent, Socks5Agent and MockAgent.
• Gives control over connection pooling and supports HTTP/1.1 pipelining.
• Its README advises keeping fetch and FormData from the same implementation and not mixing the global and undici versions.

HTTP request library for Node.js with streams, retries, hooks and pagination.

• Node.js only. Its own comparison table lists no browser support.
• Native ESM with no CommonJS export since v12.
• The README recommends ky, by the same maintainers, for most users, as it is smaller, works in the browser and is built on Fetch.

HTTP request library for the browser and Node.js, with the same API in both.

• Requests are built by chaining methods such as .send() and .set(), then sent with .end() or awaited.
• Supports both callbacks and promises.
• Has a plugin system. Browser builds are published in the package's dist folder and on CDNs.

HTTP client built on the Fetch API, with retries, timeouts, hooks and method shortcuts.

• Built on the Fetch API. Input and options are the same as fetch, with extra options added.
• Treats non-2xx responses as errors (after redirects) and retries failed requests.
• The README states it targets modern browsers, Node.js, Bun and Deno, and has no dependencies.
• ESM-only package.

Implementation of the Fetch API for Node.js, built on Node's http module.

• v3 is ESM-only and cannot be loaded with require(). v2 remains CommonJS and still receives critical bug fixes.
• Response bodies are Node.js Readable streams, not WHATWG ReadableStreams as the Fetch standard specifies.
• Node.js has a built-in global fetch, powered by undici, from v18.

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

Core Promise support implementation for the simplified HTTP request client 'request'.

Generic HTTP request library for node, browsers and workers