axiosvsnode-fetch

Winner: axios

axios is the safest overall pick in this comparison

axios80/100

node-fetch45/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: axios: 80/100, node-fetch: 45/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: axios: 0, node-fetch: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: axios: 0, node-fetch: 0.
OpenSSF scores: axios: 8.1/10, node-fetch: 4.9/10.

Caveats

The score favors axios, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	axios	node-fetch
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	25 days ago	1088 days ago
Open issues	49 open issues	191 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 23.05% of commits	top contributor makes 31.55% of commits
OpenSSF score	8.1/10	4.9/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types	ships TypeScript types

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

axiosnode-fetch

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Week	axios	node-fetch
2026-07-13	60,110,765	86,897,705
2026-07-06	83,748,367	121,969,886
2026-06-29	106,097,286	149,728,776
2026-06-22	118,711,539	155,969,011
2026-06-15	125,034,126	160,071,512
2026-06-08	120,325,703	155,419,240
2026-06-01	92,439,793	122,514,630
2026-05-25	109,136,509	141,594,834
2026-05-18	110,975,466	149,850,713
2026-05-11	108,440,531	146,440,715
2026-05-04	105,149,182	138,743,138
2026-04-27	99,409,820	134,729,055
2026-04-20	99,020,384	132,349,307
2026-04-13	99,944,399	130,434,951
2026-04-06	98,025,551	125,830,812
2026-03-30	95,762,627	126,984,137
2026-03-23	100,340,121	131,313,227
2026-03-16	99,456,970	126,654,573
2026-03-09	101,633,871	128,502,686
2026-03-02	99,278,242	123,493,782
2026-02-23	97,340,209	117,521,126
2026-02-16	88,215,937	103,478,696
2026-02-09	86,956,713	103,631,027
2026-02-02	85,172,061	101,783,933
2026-01-26	83,287,849	97,966,517
2026-01-19	77,605,352	91,974,219
2026-01-12	75,246,135	89,441,915
2026-01-05	69,395,923	82,323,175
2025-12-29	41,458,732	47,965,845
2025-12-22	44,278,515	50,568,242
2025-12-15	72,741,084	84,280,576
2025-12-08	76,253,589	88,254,264
2025-12-01	77,444,367	90,281,067
2025-11-24	69,834,003	82,149,389
2025-11-17	73,989,124	84,961,968
2025-11-10	72,471,746	80,885,623
2025-11-03	74,203,631	80,874,954
2025-10-27	72,071,945	78,714,001
2025-10-20	57,732,586	81,480,523
2025-10-13	69,219,439	78,852,325
2025-10-06	68,874,857	79,601,564
2025-09-29	68,146,950	77,966,109
2025-09-22	68,883,276	77,314,247
2025-09-15	69,601,303	77,239,814
2025-09-08	68,819,792	76,955,897
2025-09-01	63,331,511	72,472,613
2025-08-25	67,506,948	75,647,168
2025-08-18	65,121,330	72,224,918
2025-08-11	61,364,612	68,387,672
2025-08-04	63,897,094	70,285,291
2025-07-28	66,343,723	74,880,205
2025-07-21	64,643,336	70,090,603
2025-07-14	65,153,158	72,461,719
2025-07-07	66,987,396	74,927,203
2025-06-30	65,071,234	71,865,231
2025-06-23	71,477,570	80,796,812
2025-06-16	70,952,404	81,067,161
2025-06-09	64,771,226	71,645,854
2025-06-02	64,028,117	70,629,828
2025-05-26	60,009,804	63,978,450
2025-05-19	63,971,694	68,207,008
2025-05-12	63,101,833	66,195,258
2025-05-05	60,870,268	63,696,122
2025-04-28	56,108,174	59,391,778
2025-04-21	58,102,016	61,217,488
2025-04-14	57,325,835	60,187,777
2025-04-07	60,203,528	63,280,884
2025-03-31	59,915,413	63,232,164
2025-03-24	61,327,998	62,907,226
2025-03-17	61,836,913	62,345,116
2025-03-10	61,321,483	62,138,093
2025-03-03	59,692,968	60,944,723
2025-02-24	59,810,269	61,758,024
2025-02-17	59,383,159	59,729,663
2025-02-10	59,240,620	61,318,933
2025-02-03	58,836,632	61,257,481
2025-01-27	55,840,272	57,738,531
2025-01-20	55,082,745	55,967,725
2025-01-13	54,859,785	56,595,405
2025-01-06	52,270,606	53,925,994
2024-12-30	31,418,855	32,331,221
2024-12-23	29,162,141	29,302,700
2024-12-16	54,382,570	55,305,174
2024-12-09	55,949,344	57,315,672
2024-12-02	56,581,331	57,578,488
2024-11-25	52,657,612	55,294,648
2024-11-18	57,831,132	62,408,903
2024-11-11	53,826,809	57,725,154
2024-11-04	55,059,121	57,677,824
2024-10-28	53,003,934	54,289,737
2024-10-21	55,397,584	57,366,677
2024-10-14	52,793,473	55,074,329
2024-10-07	53,725,778	56,138,956
2024-09-30	51,046,863	52,786,082
2024-09-23	53,423,302	54,943,314
2024-09-16	52,520,064	53,381,462
2024-09-09	54,476,798	54,810,715
2024-09-02	51,277,776	51,955,379
2024-08-26	51,937,063	53,383,938
2024-08-19	51,221,685	52,493,436
2024-08-12	48,951,611	49,859,103
2024-08-05	51,095,581	52,133,285
2024-07-29	51,289,884	52,601,229
2024-07-22	50,720,995	52,453,553
2024-07-15	51,039,319	53,736,086
2024-07-08	50,718,942	53,519,156
2024-07-01	46,968,798	49,501,752
2024-06-24	50,334,817	52,277,200
2024-06-17	49,117,425	51,637,629
2024-06-10	50,135,832	53,010,840
2024-06-03	50,759,940	53,481,920
2024-05-27	47,641,823	50,094,689
2024-05-20	48,795,516	51,101,543
2024-05-13	48,924,838	52,762,393
2024-05-06	46,069,040	49,693,743
2024-04-29	44,353,531	48,320,724
2024-04-22	48,845,236	52,709,204
2024-04-15	49,111,640	53,176,341
2024-04-08	48,238,470	52,805,944
2024-04-01	46,938,583	51,115,247
2024-03-25	43,855,074	46,902,869
2024-03-18	51,055,541	54,556,452
2024-03-11	51,509,724	55,537,389
2024-03-04	50,647,793	55,152,505
2024-02-26	50,629,230	54,521,326
2024-02-19	49,189,461	51,703,193
2024-02-12	46,903,355	50,144,362
2024-02-05	48,169,096	51,469,542
2024-01-29	49,803,042	52,352,664
2024-01-22	48,826,275	50,618,995
2024-01-15	47,131,397	49,254,954
2024-01-08	48,812,514	48,698,836
2024-01-01	37,623,513	37,049,594
2023-12-25	27,751,354	25,945,196
2023-12-18	44,406,936	44,848,112
2023-12-11	48,393,328	50,163,672
2023-12-04	47,647,468	50,368,646
2023-11-27	50,892,763	52,188,297
2023-11-20	47,034,791	47,562,307
2023-11-13	50,520,951	51,413,861
2023-11-06	51,122,756	51,908,276
2023-10-30	35,496,423	36,138,002
2023-10-23	50,422,843	51,355,737
2023-10-16	50,614,751	51,987,494
2023-10-09	47,797,231	48,925,958
2023-10-02	47,297,922	48,685,701
2023-09-25	49,060,438	50,659,663
2023-09-18	47,901,875	50,190,262
2023-09-11	48,291,050	50,253,989
2023-09-04	45,991,958	47,251,131
2023-08-28	48,813,377	49,157,925
2023-08-21	48,869,028	50,478,903
2023-08-14	45,210,225	46,370,780
2023-08-07	46,312,819	47,563,336
2023-07-31	45,676,163	47,443,850
2023-07-24	45,555,180	46,944,395
2023-07-17	45,832,845	47,146,525
2023-07-10	46,462,648	48,683,721
2023-07-03	41,336,624	43,490,937
2023-06-26	43,946,474	45,427,876
2023-06-19	43,881,329	44,722,790
2023-06-12	45,647,483	46,701,347
2023-06-05	44,318,314	45,508,861
2023-05-29	41,405,869	42,794,266
2023-05-22	42,450,067	44,243,906
2023-05-15	43,378,293	44,893,495
2023-05-08	42,908,541	45,390,898
2023-05-01	40,496,846	41,740,883
2023-04-24	44,979,854	45,700,130
2023-04-17	45,465,432	45,422,990
2023-04-10	42,416,862	43,285,499
2023-04-03	40,676,589	41,891,594
2023-03-27	44,600,232	45,861,109
2023-03-20	43,103,824	44,949,584
2023-03-13	42,987,808	44,876,003
2023-03-06	42,181,308	43,696,415
2023-02-27	42,593,116	43,792,935
2023-02-20	42,375,482	43,101,027
2023-02-13	41,937,079	43,947,632
2023-02-06	42,863,222	46,589,204
2023-01-30	42,015,829	45,759,655
2023-01-23	38,721,803	41,760,322
2023-01-16	36,995,551	40,485,396
2023-01-09	37,404,446	39,833,125
2023-01-02	30,079,509	31,902,758
2022-12-26	20,494,399	21,684,150
2022-12-19	31,736,936	33,249,006
2022-12-12	36,851,448	38,836,460
2022-12-05	37,121,719	39,351,053
2022-11-28	37,639,988	39,608,385
2022-11-21	34,142,987	35,580,684
2022-11-14	38,245,944	40,585,618
2022-11-07	36,133,265	38,715,837
2022-10-31	34,279,719	37,233,271
2022-10-24	35,294,465	38,049,536
2022-10-17	34,975,172	38,290,485
2022-10-10	33,482,060	36,663,061
2022-10-03	32,670,954	36,146,786
2022-09-26	33,487,382	37,644,043
2022-09-19	32,412,582	36,278,481
2022-09-12	33,205,686	37,357,987
2022-09-05	30,850,819	34,919,806
2022-08-29	31,778,634	35,980,105
2022-08-22	32,086,745	36,165,110
2022-08-15	30,709,834	34,714,514
2022-08-08	30,961,621	34,961,183
2022-08-01	31,192,932	35,276,463
2022-07-25	30,992,392	35,400,207
2022-07-18	25,890,951	29,860,354
2022-07-11	29,703,687	34,451,125
2022-07-04	28,051,737	32,524,795
2022-06-27	30,286,304	35,091,075
2022-06-20	29,871,319	35,079,782
2022-06-13	29,719,392	33,969,618
2022-06-06	29,975,574	33,357,942
2022-05-30	29,458,922	32,273,368
2022-05-23	29,247,599	32,189,090
2022-05-16	29,620,509	33,412,771
2022-05-09	29,295,690	32,666,703
2022-05-02	25,702,295	29,907,954
2022-04-25	28,736,557	33,559,193
2022-04-18	26,542,220	31,187,429
2022-04-11	27,749,930	31,540,305
2022-04-04	29,001,948	35,391,283
2022-03-28	28,373,442	38,064,051
2022-03-21	27,457,689	37,291,142
2022-03-14	26,879,825	37,071,526
2022-03-07	26,424,933	36,897,270
2022-02-28	26,032,639	36,587,890
2022-02-21	25,423,637	35,880,379
2022-02-14	26,928,255	38,029,831
2022-02-07	26,265,403	38,020,860
2022-01-31	24,936,956	36,899,301
2022-01-24	24,678,164	36,214,256
2022-01-17	23,389,652	36,553,722
2022-01-10	22,750,893	35,229,014
2022-01-03	18,900,955	28,721,488
2021-12-27	12,326,564	19,295,668
2021-12-20	17,141,661	25,400,001
2021-12-13	22,028,420	32,099,949
2021-12-06	22,323,991	29,415,986
2021-11-29	22,607,264	29,091,465
2021-11-22	20,102,738	25,804,953
2021-11-15	22,079,746	28,308,666
2021-11-08	21,729,398	28,446,451
2021-11-01	22,031,194	28,459,585
2021-10-25	23,839,138	29,365,284
2021-10-18	22,975,754	28,613,200
2021-10-11	21,723,341	27,416,692
2021-10-04	21,555,647	27,138,794
2021-09-27	20,989,789	25,983,767
2021-09-20	19,839,555	25,245,815
2021-09-13	19,717,571	24,464,214
2021-09-06	18,870,494	22,520,002
2021-08-30	18,672,160	21,697,172
2021-08-23	17,964,796	21,270,833
2021-08-16	17,704,467	20,984,933
2021-08-09	17,485,206	20,958,294
2021-08-02	17,514,060	20,775,812
2021-07-26	17,550,528	20,693,957
2021-07-19	17,099,110	20,314,226
2021-07-12	900,866	1,005,430