niquests
Niquests is a simple, yet elegant, HTTP library. It is a drop-in replacement for Requests, which is under feature freeze.
niquests has been downloaded 22,686,570 times in total on PyPI, including 2,135,866 in the last 30 days. The latest version is 3.18.8, released May 10, 2026.
Version3.18.8
Downloads
22.69M
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AuthorKenneth Reitz
UpdatedMay 10, 2026
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VersionsTotal3.*2.*
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Selected total13.56M
22.7MAll-time
2.1MLast 30 days
100.7kLast 24 h
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Version distribution
Share of downloads by released version. Computed over the last quarter.
- 0129.0%
3.18.1
2.0M downloadsDownloads2.0M29.0% - 0216.7%
3.18.2
1.1M downloadsDownloads1.1M16.7% - 0312.5%
3.18.7
845.4k downloadsDownloads845.4k12.5% - 0411.2%
3.18.8
762.6k downloadsDownloads762.6k11.2% - 058.3%
3.18.6
564.1k downloadsDownloads564.1k8.3% - 066.3%
3.19.0
427.0k downloadsDownloads427.0k6.3% - 074.5%
3.17.0
308.0k downloadsDownloads308.0k4.5% - 083.7%
3.18.4
247.8k downloadsDownloads247.8k3.7% - 097.8%
Other
527.4k downloadsDownloads527.4k7.8%
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