---
id: httpx2
version: "2.10.0"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# httpx2 — The next generation HTTP client.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install httpx2
uv add httpx2
poetry add httpx2

## Description

<h1 align="center">HTTPX2</h1>

<p align="center"><em>A next-generation HTTP client for Python.</em></p>

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HTTPX2 is a fully featured HTTP client library for Python. It includes **an integrated command line client**, has support for both **HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2**, and provides both **sync and async APIs**.

> [!NOTE]
> HTTPX2 is a continuation of the wonderful work started by [@lovelydinosaur](https://github.com/lovelydinosaur) and the broader HTTPX community. We're enormously grateful for everything that has gone into HTTPX over the years - it has been a foundational piece of the modern Python ecosystem, and this project would not exist without it.
>
> With HTTPX itself seeing limited activity recently, Pydantic is picking up stewardship under the HTTPX2 name so that users have a reliably maintained path forward - including timely security updates for a library that sits in the critical...

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A modern, fully-featured HTTP client for Python with support for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2, both sync and async APIs, and an integrated command-line interface. It provides a requests-compatible API with strict timeouts and type annotations.

Verdict: A production-ready HTTP client backed by Pydantic with active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. Its permissive BSD-3-Clause license, broad Python version support (3.10–3.15), and dual sync/async capabilities make it a solid choice for modern Python projects requiring HTTP functionality.

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