⚡ httpxr

A 1:1 Rust port of httpx — same API, faster execution.

Swap import httpx for import httpxr and everything just works, with the performance of native Rust networking.

Blazing Fast

2.3× faster than httpx sequentially, 12× faster under concurrency. The Rust transport layer releases the GIL for true parallel HTTP.

Drop-In Replacement

100% httpx API compatible. Client, AsyncClient, Response, Headers, auth flows, streaming, event hooks — it's all there.

Zero Dependencies

No httpcore, certifi, anyio, or idna. HTTP, TLS, compression, SOCKS proxy, and IDNA — all handled natively in Rust.

Rust-Powered

Built with PyO3, reqwest, and tokio. Native gzip, brotli, zstd, and deflate compression.

Exclusive Extensions

gather() for concurrent batch requests, paginate() for auto-pagination, and raw API methods for maximum-speed dispatch.

Battle Tested

Validated against the complete httpx test suite — 1300+ tests ported 1:1 from the original project. AI-built with human oversight via an iterative agent loop.

Quick Install

pip install httpxr

Hello World

SyncAsync

import httpxr

with httpxr.Client() as client:
    r = client.get("https://httpbin.org/get")
    print(r.status_code)  # 200
    print(r.json())

import httpxr
import asyncio

async def main():
    async with httpxr.AsyncClient() as client:
        r = await client.get("https://httpbin.org/get")
        print(r.json())

asyncio.run(main())

Benchmarks

All benchmarks run against 10 HTTP libraries on a local ASGI server, 100 rounds each.

Single GET

50 Sequential GETs

50 Concurrent GETs

Scenario	httpxr	httpr	pyreqwest	ry	aiohttp	curl_cffi	urllib3	rnet	httpx	niquests
Single GET	0.20	0.12	0.10	0.18	0.24	0.23	0.30	0.34	0.38	0.39
50 Sequential GETs	7.84	6.52	6.33	8.98	10.73	12.91	15.17	17.76	18.78	19.65
50 Concurrent GETs	5.23	7.31	6.56	6.23	7.85	12.31	16.26	10.15	70.23	21.14

Key takeaways

#1 under concurrency — faster than all other libraries

~2.3× faster than httpx for sequential workloads

~12× faster than httpx under concurrency (GIL-free Rust)

Competitive with bare-metal libraries while offering the full httpx API

Technology Stack

Layer	Technology
Python bindings	PyO3
Async HTTP	reqwest + tokio
Sync HTTP	reqwest + tokio
TLS	rustls + native-tls
Compression	gzip, brotli, zstd, deflate (native Rust)