Alternatives to httpx
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. httpx itself: install httpx.
fabric-ai
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jc
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Microsoft Bot Framework Emulator
A desktop application that allows users to locally test and debug chat bots built with the Bot Framework SDK
tern
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curl
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leveldb
LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values
vegeta
HTTP load testing tool and library. It's over 9000!
catch2
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kubebuilder
Kubebuilder - SDK for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDs
octosql
OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL
swift-protobuf
Plugin and runtime library for using protobuf with Swift
crun
A fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers
helib
HElib is an open-source software library that implements homomorphic encryption. It supports the BGV scheme with bootstrapping and the Approximate Num
dnsx
dnsx is a fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit allow to run multiple DNS queries of your choice with a list of user-supplied resolvers
tsung
Tsung is a high-performance benchmark framework for various protocols including HTTP, XMPP, LDAP, etc
yap
🗣️ A CLI for on-device speech transcription using Speech.framework on macOS 26
nsync
nsync is a C library that exports various synchronization primitives, such as mutexes
asnmap
Go CLI and Library for quickly mapping organization network ranges using ASN information
ghidra
Ghidra is a software reverse engineering (SRE) framework
ansible
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from
lux
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folly
An open-source C++ library developed and used at Facebook
age
A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability
libphonenumber
Google's common Java, C++ and JavaScript library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than httpx — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
httpx is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.