---
id: httpcore
version: "1.0.9"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# httpcore — A minimal low-level HTTP client.

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Popularity: top 100 on PyPI

## Install

pip install httpcore
uv add httpcore
poetry add httpcore

## Description

# HTTP Core

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> *Do one thing, and do it well.*

The HTTP Core package provides a minimal low-level HTTP client, which does
one thing only. Sending HTTP requests.

It does not provide any high level model abstractions over the API,
does not handle redirects, multipart uploads, building authentication headers,
transparent HTTP caching, URL parsing, session cookie handling,
content or charset decoding, handling JSON, environment based configuration
defaults, or any of that Jazz.

Some things HTTP Core does do:

* Sending HTTP requests.
* Thread-safe / task-safe connection pooling.
* HTTP(S) proxy & SOCKS proxy support.
* Supports HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.
* Provides both sync and async interfaces.
* Async backend support for `asyncio` and `trio`.

## Requirements

Python 3.8+

## Installation

For HTTP/1.1 only support, install with:

```shell
$ pip install httpcore
```

There are also a number of optional extras available...

```shell
$ pip install...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

httpcore is a minimal, low-level HTTP client library that handles only the core task of sending HTTP requests with connection pooling, proxy support, and both sync and async interfaces for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.

Verdict: httpcore is a stable, well-maintained foundation library in the top 100 PyPI packages with no known vulnerabilities and permissive licensing. Its minimal dependency footprint and clear separation of concerns make it suitable as a low-level HTTP building block, though it is intentionally not a full-featured client—most users should prefer higher-level libraries built atop it.

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