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Best Alternatives to got

Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

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Got is Node.js-only. If you need browser compatibility or a lighter footprint, alternatives like ky or native fetch may be a better fit.

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got

v14.6.6 · MIT

Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

Weekly Downloads

30.8M

Bundle (gzip)

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node-fetch

v3.3.2 · MIT

Simple fetch polyfill, less overhead than got for basic use cases

Weekly Downloads

117.5M

Bundle (gzip)

22.6 kB

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axios

v1.13.6 · MIT

Universal HTTP client with interceptors — works in both browser and Node.js

Weekly Downloads

97.3M

Bundle (gzip)

13.9 kB

UniversalBrowserTypeScript

undici

v7.22.0 · MIT

Fastest Node.js HTTP client — used internally by Node.js itself

Weekly Downloads

59.3M

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Node onlyTypeScriptZero depsActively maintained

superagent

v10.3.0 · MIT

Chainable API, works in browser and Node.js

Weekly Downloads

16.5M

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ky

v1.14.3 · MIT

Lightweight fetch wrapper with similar feature set but browser-compatible

Weekly Downloads

5.5M

Bundle (gzip)

4.9 kB

ESMTypeScriptLightweightTree-shakeableBrowser
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