psf/requests
A simple, yet elegant, HTTP library.
The HTTP library behind millions of Python projects — Requests remains one of Python's most downloaded packages, with around 300M downloads weekly and 4M+ dependent repositories per GitHub. It wraps HTTP/1.1 requests in a simple API with JSON handling, sessions, cookie persistence, and TLS verification built in. Now supports Python 3.10+.
Metrics
Relative growth (7d)+0%Growth over the last 7 days relative to size
Acceleration+155%Change in growth pace from the week before
Attention45The three metrics scaled to 0–100 and combined
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Star growth and Trending appearances (last 30 days)
First listed+88★/dayDaily
Oct 13, 2026Nov 11, 2026
Bands mark days on the trending list (darker = higher rank)
Daily trending ranks as a table (1 days)
| Date | Daily |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | python #3 +119 |
Created Feb 14, 2011 · First on trending Nov 7, 2026
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Rank within python
| # | Repository | ★ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | morluto/rea | 450,256 |
| 2 | donnemartin/system-design-primer | 377,591 |
| 3 | practical-tutorials/project-based-learning | 289,498 |
| 4 | yt-dlp/yt-dlp | 206,748 |
| 5 | tensorflow/tensorflow | 201,446 |
| 6 | 521xueweihan/HelloGitHub | 188,040 |
| 7 | Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT | 187,986 |
| 8 | huggingface/transformers | 168,755 |
| 9 | langgenius/dify | 160,905 |
| 10 | Comfy-Org/ComfyUI | 146,209 |
| 38 | psf/requests | 54,765 |