request
v2.88.2
npmSimplified HTTP client for Node.js — promise-based requests.
SPS
Days since commit
Open issues
90-day SPS survival curve
Last commit was 996 days ago. Healthy packages average a commit every 12 days.
Primary maintainer @mikeal has not pushed to any public repo in 76 days.
No OpenCollective, GitHub Sponsors, or corporate backing detected.
95% of issues older than 90 days have no response. Industry average is 23%.
Fork-to-star ratio is 0.07 — above 0.25 indicates community has diverged from main project.
OSSF Scorecard dropped 2.8 points in the last 90 days. Last CVE: 2184 days ago.
Maintainer profiles
Mikeal Rogers
@mikeal
- Last commit
- 992d ago
- Public repos
- 34
- Sponsor
- None
AI Assessment
request is officially deprecated with no nominated successor in the README. Commit velocity and issue response have collapsed over the past year. Teams still on request should treat migration as urgent — security patches are not guaranteed.
Suggested replacements
Migration effort
Based on typical request → axios migrations in similar codebases. Actual effort depends on custom formatting logic.
Alert history for this package
- May 14, 202635 → 12Tier changed to critical after SPS dropCritical