Package

simple-get

Simplest way to make http get requests. Supports HTTPS, redirects, gzip/deflate, streams in < 100 lines.

v4.0.1, 25 Jan 2022MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCompression and archives HTTP clients

$ npm install simple-get

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 19.5m; +81% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 4 years ago; v4.0.1
GitHub stars: 402; 49 forks
Open issues / PRs: 16 / 7
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

19,507,487 downloads last week, 97,089,235 in the last month. The 12-month change of +81% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 039 in total
Latest version: 4.0.1, 25 Jan 20224 years ago
First published: 28 Dec 2014
Last push to GitHub: 15 Mar 20231,289 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 16
Open pull requests: 7
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 412

Major versions

v4 first release 4.0.0, 15 May 2020
v3 first release 3.0.0, 24 Apr 2018
v2 first release 2.0.0, 14 Feb 2016
v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Dec 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.8.2	2 Feb 2022
3.1.1	2 Feb 2022
4.0.1	25 Jan 2022
4.0.0	15 May 2020
3.1.0	18 Sept 2019
3.0.3	9 Aug 2018
3.0.2	25 Apr 2018
3.0.1	24 Apr 2018
3.0.0	24 Apr 2018
2.8.1	24 Apr 2018
2.8.0	24 Apr 2018
2.7.1	24 Apr 2018
2.7.0	19 Aug 2017
2.6.1	19 Aug 2017

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 15 kB
Dependencies (3): oncesimple-concatdecompress-response

Install

npm install simple-get

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-get@4.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/simple-get@4.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/simple-get@4.0.1

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
compression Node.js compression middleware	34.5m	-	13 days ago	-	-
@zip.js/zip.js A JavaScript library to zip and unzip files in the browser, Deno and Node.js	4.2m	-	1 day ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.