wreq by 0x676e67

An ergonomic Rust HTTP Client with TLS fingerprint

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Verdict 74/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 months ago

Self-host wreq on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
74 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
791
102 forks

About wreq

From the project's README at github.com/0x676e67/wreq. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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An ergonomic and modular Rust HTTP Client for high-fidelity protocol matching, featuring customizable TLS, JA3/JA4, and HTTP/2 signature capabilities. Features Plain bodies, JSON, urlencoded, multipart HTTP Trailer Cookie Store Redirect Policy Original Header Rotating Proxies Tower Middleware WebSocket Upgrade HTTPS via BoringSSL HTTP/2 over TLS Parity Certificate Store (CAs & mTLS) Example

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
88
maturity
82
community
97
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
25

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 791 github.com/0x676e67/wreq
GitHub forks 102 github.com/0x676e67/wreq
CRATES downloads (last month) 886k wreq

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.6 yearssince Sep 2024
Last commit4 days agoMay 3, 2026
Releases shipped67last: 3 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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