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HTTPie vs xh
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | HTTPie | xh |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | Rust |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Stars | 39k | 8.1k |
| Latest | 3.2.4 | v0.26.2 |
| Last push | 2024-12-17 | 2026-09-05 |
| Release cadence | about 246 days between releases | about 114 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 3 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | No push in a year | none |
How they relate
xh replaces HTTPie. Alternatives to HTTPie →
Full replacementHTTPie-style syntax in a single static binary.
HTTPie
- 3.2.42024-11-01Fix default certs loading and unpin requests. (#1596)
- 3.2.32024-07-10Fix SSL connections by pinning the requests version to 2.31.0. (#1583, #1581)
- 3.2.22023-05-19Fixed compatibility with urllib3 2.0.0. (#1499)
- 3.2.12022-05-06Improved support for determining auto-streaming when the Content-Type header includes encoding information. (#1383)
- 3.2.02022-05-05HTTPie 3.2.0
xh
- v0.26.22026-07-26Fix --auth ignoring credentials when the username is empty (e.g. -a :password), see #467 (@upuddu)
- v0.26.12026-06-19Pretty-print XML responses, see #450 (@o1x3)
- v0.25.32025-12-16Add colors to --help/-h, see #432 (@starsep)
- v0.25.02025-09-19Add --unix-socket for calling Unix Domain Sockets, see #427 (@ducaale)
- v0.24.12025-05-02Support RFC 5987 encoding for Content-Disposition filenames, see #416 (@zuisong)
HTTPie
unsigned The latest release, 3.2.4, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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xh
unsigned The latest release, v0.26.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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