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@whatwg-node/node-fetch
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- 0.7.24-alpha-20250729134733-70408522afe09626a54f8c0311a973a2e8c3f630
- Version published
- Weekly downloads
- 8M 2.72%
- Maintainers
- 2
Weekly downloads
- Created
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node-fetch is another implementation of the Fetch API for Node.js. It is widely used and has a similar API to @whatwg-node/node-fetch. However, node-fetch is more mature and has a larger user base.
axios
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got
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Fetch API implementation for Node
The npm package @whatwg-node/node-fetch receives a total of 6,512,075 weekly downloads. As such, @whatwg-node/node-fetch popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @whatwg-node/node-fetch demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 29 Jul 2025
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