grequests
Requests + Gevent
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are already using gevent in your project and need simple concurrent HTTP requests without async/await complexity. No, if you are starting a new project—use httpx with asyncio or aiohttp instead, as they are actively maintained and align with modern Python concurrency patterns. The dormant maintenance status means no security updates or compatibility fixes going forward.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires gevent to be installed and functional; gevent uses greenlets which may have platform-specific behavior or require a C compiler for some installations.
- Low friction: pure Python wheel with only two runtime dependencies (gevent and requests).
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2023-06-08 and last commit 2024-08-08, over 1163 days ago—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though the repository remains public and unarchived.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD (permissive) — BSD license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use and modify grequests freely as long as you include the license notice.
last release 2023-06-08 (1163 days) · last repo commit 2024-08-08 · 4,572 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 451,035 downloads/mo, #6,588 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
import grequests
urls = ['http://example.com', 'http://example.org']
rs = (grequests.get(u) for u in urls)
responses = grequests.map(rs)
print(responses)- Whether gevent's greenlet model is suitable for your concurrency needs compared to modern async/await patterns.
- Current compatibility with recent Python versions beyond 3.x, given dormant maintenance status.
What it is and what it does
GRequests is a thin wrapper around the requests library that uses gevent's greenlets to enable concurrent HTTP requests without explicit async syntax. Instead of writing async functions or managing thread pools, you create a generator of request objects and pass them to grequests.map(), which executes them concurrently using gevent's event loop. This approach is simpler than threading for I/O-bound work and predates Python's native async/await.
The package is useful when you need to make many HTTP calls in parallel but prefer gevent's greenlet model over asyncio or threading. However, maintenance is dormant: the last release was 2023-06-08 and there have been no updates since. This means no active bug fixes, security patches, or compatibility work with newer Python or dependency versions. For new projects, modern alternatives like httpx with asyncio or aiohttp may be more actively maintained.
Use it for
- Fetch data from multiple URLs in parallel without writing async code, such as scraping or aggregating API responses.
- Batch process HTTP requests where greenlet-based concurrency is already part of your application stack.
- Migrate legacy code from synchronous requests to concurrent requests with minimal refactoring.
- Test or prototype concurrent HTTP behavior quickly without setting up asyncio event loops.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using gevent in your project and need simple concurrent HTTP requests without async/await complexity.
No, if you are starting a new project—use httpx with asyncio or aiohttp instead, as they are actively maintained and align with modern Python concurrency patterns. The dormant maintenance status means no security updates or compatibility fixes going forward.
Install
grequests on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction: pure Python wheel with only two runtime dependencies (gevent and requests). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2023-06-08 and last commit 2024-08-08, over 1163 days ago—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though the repository remains public and unarchived.
Requires gevent to be installed and functional; gevent uses greenlets which may have platform-specific behavior or require a C compiler for some installations.
License in practice
BSD license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; you may use and modify grequests freely as long as you include the license notice.
Quickstart
import grequests
urls = ['http://example.com', 'http://example.org']
rs = (grequests.get(u) for u in urls)
responses = grequests.map(rs)
print(responses)Verify before relying
- Whether gevent's greenlet model is suitable for your concurrency needs compared to modern async/await patterns.
- Current compatibility with recent Python versions beyond 3.x, given dormant maintenance status.
Package facts
| License | BSD permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesgeventrequests |
| Maintenance | Dormant 1,163 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 451,035 / month, #6,588 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Environment :: Web EnvironmentIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic ContentTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: grequests-0.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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