Is reqwest safe to use?

reqwest has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.13.4). DepScope rates its health at 83/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of reqwest?

The latest version of reqwest is 0.13.4, released 2026-05-25.

Does reqwest have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of reqwest.

Is reqwest deprecated?

No, reqwest is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.13.4 (2026-05-25).

What are alternatives to reqwest?

Popular alternatives to reqwest in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, syn, rand.

What license does reqwest use?

reqwest is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

reqwest

cargov0.13.4

higher level HTTP client library

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive125 versions0 deps170,043,413 weekly dl

seanmonstar/reqwest

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 83/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

8/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.0/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

14

Contributors (12m)

47

Primary author dominance

39%

GitHub stars

11,795

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+7.4%)

Health History

Dependency Tree

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