# HTTPX2

8 Hacker News commenters recommended HTTPX2 and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a stable, Pydantic-backed fork of HTTPX that promises not to break its API. Critics point to the confusing name and the original maintainer's conduct.

## Why people recommend it

- Backed by Pydantic (3 comments): "httpx2 is sponsored by Pydantic and has involvement from the new maintainer of Starlette" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477963)) "Pydantic picked it up as httpx2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49664297)) "Good job to Pydantic team!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48134786))
- Trusted, involved maintainers (2 comments): "httpx2 is sponsored by Pydantic and has involvement from the new maintainer of Starlette" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477963)) "trustworthy and resourcefull maintainers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483379))

## What people warn about

- Original maintainer's conduct criticized (2 comments): "people also have a right to be upset by his passive aggressive behavior" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481538)) "closing repos just goes against all of this and should be a shame." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488080))

## 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, "HTTPX2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/httpx2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).