Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Mar 25, 2026first mention
Aug 29, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forhttp client libraryhttp client

Why people recommend it

“switch to niquests, which is actively developed”

switched from requestson “Migrating to HTTPX2”

“niquests seems to be substantially more performant for traffic that doesn't need to traverse the public web”

switched from httpxon “Migrating to HTTPX2”
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“We have switched to niquests in my company and yes I can confirm that it's 10x better than httpx”

switched from httpxon “I Forked Httpx”

“niquests easily beat aiohttp just using 10 conn and crush httpx”

“See Niquests https://github.com/jawah/niquests”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Often compared with

From the makers not counted in the ranking

“yes rtls is supported transparently with it”

“I spend 3 years developing Niquests, and believe me”

“I wanted the beautiful, ergonomic API of requests, but I wanted it to speak the modern web”

maintainer of Niquestsswitched from Requestson “Show HN: I forked Python's Requests to add HTTP/3, a…”

All comments 7

“switch to niquests, which is actively developed”

switched from requestson “Migrating to HTTPX2”

“niquests seems to be substantially more performant for traffic that doesn't need to traverse the public web”

switched from httpxon “Migrating to HTTPX2”

“Wonder if they evaluated httpx2 vs niquests”

“Fetch is basic niquests without Javascript or anything clever”

“We have switched to niquests in my company and yes I can confirm that it's 10x better than httpx”

switched from httpxon “I Forked Httpx”

“niquests easily beat aiohttp just using 10 conn and crush httpx”

“See Niquests https://github.com/jawah/niquests”

Threads where it came up

Also written as Niquests. Data: niquests.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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