Best Ruby HTTP Clients in 2023

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/ruby

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  • HTTP

    HTTP (The Gem! a.k.a. http.rb) - a fast Ruby HTTP client with a chainable API, streaming support, and timeouts

  • Where's http.rb?

  • Flexirest

    Flexirest - The really flexible REST API client for Ruby

  • Shame https://github.com/flexirest/flexirest wasn’t included 😢

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  • Typhoeus

    Typhoeus wraps libcurl in order to make fast and reliable requests.

  • In fact, because the metric is clearly "number of stars", it suggests you two libraries which are either not maintained in almost 3 years, or that haven't had a release in 3 years and a commit in 10 months, despite both of them having a buttload of open issues.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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