Is request/request deprecated?

Yes. As of 2026-09-16, its npm package request is marked deprecated ("request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142"). Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.

request/request

🏊🏾 Simplified HTTP request client.

GitHub(opens in a new tab)JavaScriptApache-2.025,505 stars

Archived

request/request — Simplified HTTP request client — is catalogued under HTTP clients and networking. As of 2026-09-16, request/request is reviewed as discontinued. Explicitly discontinued by its maintainers: the npm manifest marks `request` deprecated and points to issue #3142. The GitHub repository itself is not archived. Its RepoFacts health score is 33/100 (High risk; low confidence, provisional). The score is capped at 54 because its primary package is deprecated on npm. Its npm package request averaged 2,055,889 downloads a day over the last 90 days, down 6% on the previous 90 days. Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.

Lifecycle on GitHub: activeVerified
Editorial status: ArchivedApproved
Recommendation: Migrate awayApproved
Last verified: 2026-09-161 snapshot on record

Reviewed by cmartinzip on 2026-09-16; the rationale is in the summary above. Rule-derived status would be review required.

Health

33High risk

Low confidence · evidence covers 50% of weight · provisional

Is it sustainable and safe enough to evaluate?

Momentum

Insufficient history

1 of 4 signal families have two comparable windows; a trend needs at least 2.

Is attention, adoption, or contribution growing?

Stack fit

Not evaluated

Stack Fit reads a saved technology profile. It arrives with the personalized Stack Fit phase; no score is shown until then.

Does it fit your runtime, database, and deployment?

Watch. Primary package is deprecated on npm — health is capped at 54.

Health dimensions

repofacts-health-v1

Critical gate. Primary package is deprecated on npm (caps health at 54). Before the cap the weighted score was 33.

Health dimensions with weight, score, evidence coverage, and the signals behind each score
Dimension	Weight	Score	Coverage	Signals
Maintenance	20%	5	67%	2 of 3 scored Latest non-bot commit102020-02-11, 2410 days ago. Weeks with commits (last 13)00 of 13 weeks had commits. Includes bot commits. Latest stable release—No stable GitHub release found. Many projects publish only to a registry, so this is not scored as zero.
Security posture	20%	0	25%	1 of 4 scored Security policy0No security policy is published. Security advisories—Not collected in v0. Absence of data is not absence of vulnerabilities. OpenSSF Scorecard—Not collected in v0. Release provenance—Not collected in v0.
Documentation	12%	67	100%	3 of 3 scored README100Present. Contributing guide100Present. Homepage or docs site0None listed on the repository.
Stability	12%	50	67%	2 of 3 scored Prerelease share (last year)—No GitHub releases in the last year. Primary package ≥ 1.0100request@2.88.2. Primary package not deprecated0Deprecated: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
Community depth	12%	0	50%	1 of 2 scored Human contributors (90 days)00 distinct non-bot authors. Top contributor share (90 days)—Too few human commits in the window to measure concentration.
Dependency exposure	10%	No evidence	0%	0 of 2 scored Dependency count—Not collected in v0. Vulnerable dependencies—Not collected in v0.
Operational burden	8%	No evidence	0%	0 of 1 scored Required services—Editorial assessment, not collected in v0.
Governance	6%	67	100%	3 of 3 scored Machine-detectable license100Apache-2.0. Code of conduct0Missing. Issue or PR templates100Present.

Momentum signals

repofacts-momentum-v0

Momentum by signal family, comparing the current window with the previous window of the same length
Signal	Window	Current	Previous	Direction	Basis
Development	91 days	0 commits	0 commits	Not measured	0 commits in the last 13 weeks vs 0 in the 13 before. Includes bot commits. Previous-window baseline 0 is below the 26 floor, so a ratio would be a small-number artefact.
Contribution	90 days	0 contributors	0 contributors	Not measured	0 human contributors in the last 90 days vs 0 before. Previous-window baseline 0 is below the 3 floor, so a ratio would be a small-number artefact.
Adoption	90 days	2,055,889 downloads/day	2,189,968 downloads/day	Flat (0.94×)	request: 2,055,889 downloads/day over the last 90 days vs 2,189,968 before. Registry counts include CI and mirrors.
Attention	—	—	—	Not measured	Star history accumulates from RepoFacts snapshots and needs 60 days of them. It is never reconstructed.

Composite score withheld. A composite score is normalized within a category cohort of at least 8 repositories. This category has 1. Hidden Gem: not eligible — Composite momentum needs a category cohort of at least 8; this category has 1. Above the 5,000-star attention ceiling.

Packages

npm

Packages published from this repository and whether their identity matches it
Package	Latest	Identity	Downloads/day (90d)
request(opens in a new tab)primary	2.88.2Deprecated: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142	MatchedManifest repository is request/request.	2,055,889

Alternatives and successors

No relationships are catalogued. Absence here is not a claim that none exist.

Common questions about request/request

Is request/request still maintained?: As of 2026-09-16, request/request is reviewed as discontinued. Explicitly discontinued by its maintainers: the npm manifest marks `request` deprecated and points to issue #3142. The GitHub repository itself is not archived.
Is request/request deprecated?: Yes. As of 2026-09-16, its npm package request is marked deprecated ("request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142"). Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.
How healthy is request/request?: Its RepoFacts health score is 33/100 (High risk; low confidence, provisional). The score is capped at 54 because its primary package is deprecated on npm.
How widely is request/request used?: request/request has 25,505 GitHub stars, which measure attention rather than use. Its npm package request averaged 2,055,889 downloads a day over the last 90 days, down 6% on the previous 90 days. Registry download counts include CI installs and mirrors. Checked 2026-09-16.

Evidence

snapshot 2026-09-16

Every value collected for this profile, with its provenance. Source links are the API endpoints that answered. Unknown and unavailable values are shown as such and never counted as zero.

Collected evidence with provenance, observation window, source, and caveats
Group	Field	Value	Provenance	Source and notes
Repository	Archived	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Disabled	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Fork	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	License (SPDX)	Apache-2.0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Default branch	master	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Created	2011-01-23	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Last push (any branch)	2024-08-14	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/requestMoves on a push to any branch; not used as a maintenance signal.
Repository	Metadata updated	2026-09-16	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/requestMoves on metadata edits; not used as a maintenance signal.
Attention	Stars	25,505	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Attention	Forks	3,145	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Attention	Watchers (subscribers)	413	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request
Repository	Open issues + pull requests	143	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/requestGitHub includes open pull requests in this count.
Activity	Latest default-branch commit	2020-02-11	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/commits?sha=master&per_page=100
Activity	Latest non-bot commit	2020-02-11	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/commits?sha=master&per_page=100
Activity	Commits, last 13 weeks	0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/stats/commit_activityAll commits on the default branch, including bot commits.
Activity	Human contributors, last 90 days	0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/commits?sha=master&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Activity	Human commits, last 90 days	0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/commits?sha=master&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Activity	Bot commits, last 90 days	0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/commits?sha=master&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted.
Releases	Releases, last 365 days	0	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here.
Releases	Latest stable release	None found	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here.
Community	GitHub community profile	62%	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/request/request/community/profileDetects files in the default locations GitHub checks.
Security	Security policy	No	Verified	https://api.github.com/graphqlIncludes a policy inherited from the owner's .github repository.
npm · request	Latest version	2.88.2	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/request/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · request	Deprecated	Yes — request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/request/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · request	Manifest repository	git+https://github.com/request/request.git	Verified	https://registry.npmjs.org/request/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease.
npm · request	Downloads/day, last 90 days	2,055,889	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/requestWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.
npm · request	Downloads/day, last 30 days	2,028,029	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/requestWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.

Collected 2026-09-16T21:22:19.069Z · repofacts-status-v0 · repofacts-health-v1 · repofacts-momentum-v0 · repofacts-taxonomy-v1 · inputs dd848778f4b4

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