encode/httpx

A next generation HTTP client for Python. 🦋

15.8k stars · 1.9k forks · Python

Quick update: star history is from the full report of Oct 16, 2026.

Healthy

No known risks in the checks that ran.

Why

No warning signs: none of the verdict rules applied to this repo.

What would change this

Partly checked: people (Only 3 human commits were found, too few to judge who maintains the project.)
A dormant maintenance status, a deprecated or archived package, a successor link, or a critical advisory would change this.

Maintenance

Complete

Steady

Human commits, 30 days: 0
Human commits, 90 days: 0
Human commits, 365 days: 3
Bot share of commits, 365 days: 0%
Last commit: Feb 23, 2026 (8 months ago)
Last human commit: Feb 23, 2026 (8 months ago)
Authors, 90 days: 0
Last release: Dec 6, 2024 (1 year ago)
Median PR merge time: 12 hours

Too few recent issues to measure responsiveness.

Only 0 recent issues can be checked for a response, too few to measure response time.

Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues

People

Partial

Owner: Organization
Commits sampled: 3 since Nov 11, 2025
Authors for half of commits: 2
Authors for 80% of commits: 3
Contributors: 230

Top committers

musicinmybrain: 33% of commits
thejcannon: 33% of commits
xrmx: 33% of commits

Only 3 human commits were found, too few to judge who maintains the project.

Sources: Commits, Contributors

Stars

Complete

Organic, confidence medium

Bars show stars gained each week. Red bars overlap a burst.

Bursts

Jun 25, 2019 to Jun 28, 2019: about 40 more stars than usual, peak 17 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Aug 1, 2019 to Aug 8, 2019: about 356 more stars than usual, peak 139 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Jan 10, 2020 to Jan 17, 2020: about 559 more stars than usual, peak 249 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks.
Sep 14, 2021 to Sep 16, 2021: about 94 more stars than usual, peak 70 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 30, 2024 to May 2, 2024: about 69 more stars than usual, peak 34 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.

Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.

The star history looks organic.
Star history from the full report of Oct 16, 2026; this update did not re-read it.

Sources: How star history is analyzed

Risk

Complete

Flags

No risk flags.

License

Now: BSD-3-Clause (OSI-approved)
A year ago: BSD-3-Clause (OSI-approved)

Packages

No published packages found.

OpenSSF Scorecard: 4.9 out of 10 (via deps.dev).

Sources: GitHub: encode/httpx

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Earlier verdicts

Nov 11, 2026: Healthy
Nov 10, 2026: Healthy
Nov 9, 2026: Healthy
Nov 8, 2026: Healthy
Nov 7, 2026: Healthy
Nov 6, 2026: Healthy
Nov 5, 2026: Healthy
Nov 4, 2026: Healthy
Nov 3, 2026: Healthy
Nov 2, 2026: Healthy

Computed 17 hours ago · method 2026.10.2

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