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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better httpx alternative or higher similarity.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-08-28.
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The OpenAI Python SDK Just Dropped HTTPX for HTTPX2. Run This Checklist Before Your Next Deploy
HTTPX2 is Pydantic's fork of HTTPX. The original HTTPX project, created by Tom Christie under the encode organization, saw limited activity in recent months. The maintainer closed off issues and discussions in February, writing that he didn't want to continue hosting an environment with the community's gender skew. A community fork called HTTPXYZ appeared first, then Pydantic started its own fork under the HTTPX2 name, and the HTTPXYZ authors publicly endorsed HTTPX2 as the blessed continuation. If you have ever used FastAPI or Pydantic, you know Pydantic ships code a lot of production systems depend on.
- OpenAI: Migrating to HTTPX2
- Building a Python MCP Server from Scratch - A Practical GitHub API Guide
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Reverting the incremental GC in Python 3.14 and 3.15
> I made a PR to fix it but the maintainers haven't applied it. :-( https://github.com/encode/httpx/pull/3733
Unfortunately, you may be the wrong gender to contribute to Encode repositories like httpx:
> I've closed off access to issues and discussions.
> I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value.
— https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784
Discussed on Hacker News here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47193563
A fork discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514603
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How to keep third-party integrations alive when vendor APIs lock down
import os import httpx # https://www.python-httpx.org/ DEVICE_HOST = os.environ["DEVICE_HOST"] # Read the LAN code off the device's settings panel once, # then store it in your secrets manager — it does not rotate. LAN_CODE = os.environ["DEVICE_LAN_CODE"] def call(path: str, payload: dict) -> dict: # The header name is vendor-specific; pull yours from the pcap. headers = {"X-Local-Access": LAN_CODE} r = httpx.post(f"http://{DEVICE_HOST}{path}", json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10) r.raise_for_status() return r.json()
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The Slow Collapse of MkDocs
A very surprising development indeed.
The original author (who is also the leading maintainer of httpx, another huge package) started a crusade against male-dominated spaces such as... Github issues and discussions.
>So… sharing the source isn’t the problem here. The issue is the GitHub working environment. I’m not interested in the smokey boys-only-club atmosphere, it feels starkly unprofessional.
>We’re not having any more conversation in all-male online spaces. Not happening.
It looks like 3 weeks ago a similar change happened in httpx - github discussions were disabled. https://github.com/encode/httpx/discussions/3784
>I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it's not reflective of the type of working environments I value.
As a mkdocs user and a httpx user I find that concerning - I hope personal issues won't harm those projects long term (well it looks like mkdocs is already dead).
- Encode/httpx Closing off access
- Httpx: Closing off access to issues and discussions
- Httpx closing down issues and discussions due to "skewed gender representation"
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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
Httpx/httpcore are abandoned and their connection pooling etc implementations are completely broken https://github.com/encode/httpx/issues/3215 Many PRs trying to fix varying issues https://github.com/encode/httpcore/pulls But maintainer(s) are not intrested in fixing any of the issues.
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encode/httpx is an open source project licensed under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of httpx is Python.
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