Show HN: Niquests – A Requests fork, three years of catching Python's HTTP up

Category: library

Tags: http-client, requests-fork, async-io

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Niquests is a feature-rich, drop-in replacement for the Python Requests library that adds modern HTTP capabilities like HTTP/2, HTTP/3 over QUIC, asynchronous support, advanced DNS features, and post-quantum security. It's interesting because it revitalizes the beloved Requests API with cutting-edge protocol support, performance improvements, and enhanced security while maintaining full backward compatibility.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/jawah/niquests/tree/v3.18.4 · Python · Apache-2.0 · 2156 stars

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