# aiohttp

7 Hacker News commenters recommended aiohttp and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Python async HTTP library people recommend for its speed in benchmarks and over HTTPX; the main caveat is that it is tied to HTTP/1.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast async performance (4 comments): "Even frameworks written in JS (hyperexpress, just-js) or python (aiohttp) can vault into the realm of top-10 performers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47505736)) "from your benchmarks it seems like I should've went with aiohttp for faster async" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46266647)) "I would advise everyone to switch to Aiohttp." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514931))
- Preferred over HTTPX (2 comments): "I would advise everyone to switch to Aiohttp." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514931)) "how much worse HTTPX performs versus Aiohttp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478655))

## What people warn about

- Tied to HTTP/1 (1 comments): "it's too heavily tied to HTTP/1" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514966))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Requests (Python library)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/requests.md): 23 recommend
- [Axios](https://hackerapproved.com/p/axios.md): 21 recommend
- [Go net/http](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-net-http.md): 12 recommend
- [libcurl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libcurl.md): 10 recommend
- [httpx](https://hackerapproved.com/p/httpx.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "aiohttp", https://hackerapproved.com/p/aiohttp/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).