The article discusses the emergence of two forks of the popular Python HTTP client library httpx: httpxyz and httpx2. The author explains their motivation for creating httpxyz to address maintenance issues in the original httpx, but now welcomes Pydantic's new httpx2 fork, believing it has better chances of success due to Pydantic's strong ecosystem and resources. The author plans to support httpx2 while keeping httpxyz available, but will recommend httpx2 to users looking to move away from httpx.
Background
httpx is a popular HTTP client library for Python, known for its async support and modern features. The original project has faced maintenance challenges, leading to community forks.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- May 14, 2026 at 08:49 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10