node-fetchvsaxios

Winner: axios

axios is the safest overall pick in this comparison

node-fetch45/100

axios80/100

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	node-fetch	axios
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	1088 days ago	25 days ago
Open issues	191 open issues	49 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 31.55% of commits	top contributor makes 23.05% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.9/10	8.1/10
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).

node-fetchaxios

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