xh

A friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests

Network Development linuxmacoswindows Rust MIT

Description

xh is a Rust reimplementation of HTTPie with a focus on speed. It provides the same intuitive syntax for making HTTP requests with colorized output, but with significantly faster startup time.

Install

homebrewbrew install xh

cargocargo install xh

pacmansudo pacman -S xh

AI Summary

A fast HTTPie-compatible HTTP client written in Rust. Provides intuitive syntax for API requests with colorized output and significantly faster startup than HTTPie.

Capabilities

+ HTTPie-compatible command syntax
+ Colorized and formatted HTTP responses
+ Faster startup than HTTPie (Rust vs Python)
+ Sessions, authentication, and download support

Use When

→ Making HTTP requests with readable, colorized output
→ Want HTTPie syntax but faster execution
→ Testing REST APIs interactively

Avoid When

x Need HTTPie plugins (xh doesn't support them)
x Scripting where curl is expected

Usage Patterns

GET request

xh https://api.example.com/users

Fetches and displays the response with syntax highlighting

POST JSON data

xh POST https://api.example.com/users name=John age:=30

Sends JSON with string and numeric values

Input / Output

stdout: Formatted and colorized HTTP response

Exit codes:

0 Success

Related Tools

httpie alternative

xh is a Rust reimplementation of HTTPie; HTTPie is the original

curlie alternative

curlie wraps curl; xh has its own HTTP implementation

View AGENTS.md for xh