node-fetchvssuperagent

Winner: superagent

superagent is the safest overall pick in this comparison

node-fetch45/100

superagent68/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: superagent: 68/100, node-fetch: 45/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: superagent: 0, node-fetch: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: superagent: 0, node-fetch: 0.
OpenSSF scores: superagent: -/10, node-fetch: 4.9/10.

Caveats

The score favors superagent, 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	superagent
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	1088 days ago	192 days ago
Open issues	191 open issues	179 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 31.55% of commits	top contributor makes 31.75% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.9/10	not scored
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-fetchsuperagent

View as table

Week	node-fetch	superagent
2026-07-13	86,897,705	11,719,448
2026-07-06	121,969,886	20,207,634
2026-06-29	149,728,776	19,747,285
2026-06-22	155,969,011	20,792,285
2026-06-15	160,071,512	21,355,608
2026-06-08	155,419,240	21,228,651
2026-06-01	122,514,630	17,280,249
2026-05-25	141,594,834	18,853,906
2026-05-18	149,850,713	20,362,255
2026-05-11	146,440,715	20,257,450
2026-05-04	138,743,138	19,322,553
2026-04-27	134,729,055	18,303,589
2026-04-20	132,349,307	18,179,627
2026-04-13	130,434,951	18,331,407
2026-04-06	125,830,812	17,634,128
2026-03-30	126,984,137	16,554,385
2026-03-23	131,313,227	17,393,380
2026-03-16	126,654,573	16,992,402
2026-03-09	128,502,686	17,261,316
2026-03-02	123,493,782	16,947,654
2026-02-23	117,521,126	16,498,593
2026-02-16	103,478,696	14,613,211
2026-02-09	103,631,027	15,246,170
2026-02-02	101,783,933	14,989,626
2026-01-26	97,966,517	14,435,655
2026-01-19	91,974,219	13,886,999
2026-01-12	89,441,915	13,760,823
2026-01-05	82,323,175	12,440,294
2025-12-29	47,965,845	6,685,556
2025-12-22	50,568,242	7,297,360
2025-12-15	84,280,576	13,104,493
2025-12-08	88,254,264	13,798,047
2025-12-01	90,281,067	14,307,383
2025-11-24	82,149,389	13,165,374
2025-11-17	84,961,968	13,762,336
2025-11-10	80,885,623	13,419,965
2025-11-03	80,874,954	13,098,355
2025-10-27	78,714,001	13,070,949
2025-10-20	81,480,523	13,443,505
2025-10-13	78,852,325	12,906,008
2025-10-06	79,601,564	12,711,170
2025-09-29	77,966,109	12,538,199
2025-09-22	77,314,247	12,380,829
2025-09-15	77,239,814	12,644,960
2025-09-08	76,955,897	13,302,168
2025-09-01	72,472,613	12,170,717
2025-08-25	75,647,168	14,016,862
2025-08-18	72,224,918	12,525,153
2025-08-11	68,387,672	11,554,638
2025-08-04	70,285,291	11,418,240
2025-07-28	74,880,205	12,321,450
2025-07-21	70,090,603	11,839,830
2025-07-14	72,461,719	12,094,077
2025-07-07	74,927,203	12,750,882
2025-06-30	71,865,231	12,331,867
2025-06-23	80,796,812	13,563,567
2025-06-16	81,067,161	13,087,315
2025-06-09	71,645,854	12,024,851
2025-06-02	70,629,828	11,666,699
2025-05-26	63,978,450	10,655,237
2025-05-19	68,207,008	11,438,485
2025-05-12	66,195,258	11,234,797
2025-05-05	63,696,122	10,336,624
2025-04-28	59,391,778	9,652,616
2025-04-21	61,217,488	10,118,602
2025-04-14	60,187,777	9,912,459
2025-04-07	63,280,884	10,533,370
2025-03-31	63,232,164	10,348,997
2025-03-24	62,907,226	10,496,287
2025-03-17	62,345,116	10,389,718
2025-03-10	62,138,093	10,209,069
2025-03-03	60,944,723	9,913,267
2025-02-24	61,758,024	10,068,378
2025-02-17	59,729,663	9,893,727
2025-02-10	61,318,933	10,540,126
2025-02-03	61,257,481	10,401,173
2025-01-27	57,738,531	9,687,714
2025-01-20	55,967,725	9,697,291
2025-01-13	56,595,405	9,522,915
2025-01-06	53,925,994	9,066,316
2024-12-30	32,331,221	5,006,971
2024-12-23	29,302,700	4,526,493
2024-12-16	55,305,174	9,350,944
2024-12-09	57,315,672	10,033,028
2024-12-02	57,578,488	10,015,659
2024-11-25	55,294,648	9,770,136
2024-11-18	62,408,903	11,159,999
2024-11-11	57,725,154	10,074,199
2024-11-04	57,677,824	10,033,512
2024-10-28	54,289,737	9,313,637
2024-10-21	57,366,677	9,855,278
2024-10-14	55,074,329	9,365,433
2024-10-07	56,138,956	9,525,626
2024-09-30	52,786,082	9,352,753
2024-09-23	54,943,314	9,701,075
2024-09-16	53,381,462	9,317,723
2024-09-09	54,810,715	9,497,471
2024-09-02	51,955,379	8,780,745
2024-08-26	53,383,938	8,916,878
2024-08-19	52,493,436	8,707,833
2024-08-12	49,859,103	8,275,751
2024-08-05	52,133,285	8,826,203
2024-07-29	52,601,229	8,787,572
2024-07-22	52,453,553	8,906,600
2024-07-15	53,736,086	9,067,635
2024-07-08	53,519,156	9,028,849
2024-07-01	49,501,752	8,382,023
2024-06-24	52,277,200	8,919,259
2024-06-17	51,637,629	8,853,807
2024-06-10	53,010,840	9,226,237
2024-06-03	53,481,920	9,270,635
2024-05-27	50,094,689	8,661,300
2024-05-20	51,101,543	8,697,920
2024-05-13	52,762,393	8,948,470
2024-05-06	49,693,743	8,438,599
2024-04-29	48,320,724	8,167,441
2024-04-22	52,709,204	8,945,634
2024-04-15	53,176,341	9,160,666
2024-04-08	52,805,944	8,889,124
2024-04-01	51,115,247	8,668,101
2024-03-25	46,902,869	7,983,064
2024-03-18	54,556,452	9,299,474
2024-03-11	55,537,389	9,353,303
2024-03-04	55,152,505	9,158,856
2024-02-26	54,521,326	9,343,395
2024-02-19	51,703,193	8,740,016
2024-02-12	50,144,362	8,473,991
2024-02-05	51,469,542	8,606,991
2024-01-29	52,352,664	8,874,725
2024-01-22	50,618,995	8,690,016
2024-01-15	49,254,954	8,365,038
2024-01-08	48,698,836	8,353,914
2024-01-01	37,049,594	6,156,165
2023-12-25	25,945,196	3,984,025
2023-12-18	44,848,112	7,459,902
2023-12-11	50,163,672	8,463,257
2023-12-04	50,368,646	8,502,795
2023-11-27	52,188,297	8,591,769
2023-11-20	47,562,307	7,720,891
2023-11-13	51,413,861	8,496,433
2023-11-06	51,908,276	8,596,858
2023-10-30	36,138,002	6,036,669
2023-10-23	51,355,737	8,612,022
2023-10-16	51,987,494	8,903,110
2023-10-09	48,925,958	8,195,897
2023-10-02	48,685,701	8,241,429
2023-09-25	50,659,663	8,675,958
2023-09-18	50,190,262	8,619,139
2023-09-11	50,253,989	8,745,752
2023-09-04	47,251,131	8,144,916
2023-08-28	49,157,925	8,399,167
2023-08-21	50,478,903	8,411,673
2023-08-14	46,370,780	7,952,406
2023-08-07	47,563,336	8,125,589
2023-07-31	47,443,850	8,242,466
2023-07-24	46,944,395	8,231,240
2023-07-17	47,146,525	8,411,231
2023-07-10	48,683,721	8,592,947
2023-07-03	43,490,937	7,607,721
2023-06-26	45,427,876	8,135,168
2023-06-19	44,722,790	8,078,072
2023-06-12	46,701,347	8,266,318
2023-06-05	45,508,861	7,954,552
2023-05-29	42,794,266	7,667,474
2023-05-22	44,243,906	8,032,403
2023-05-15	44,893,495	8,062,585
2023-05-08	45,390,898	7,941,554
2023-05-01	41,740,883	7,382,642
2023-04-24	45,700,130	8,164,917
2023-04-17	45,422,990	8,037,268
2023-04-10	43,285,499	7,853,573
2023-04-03	41,891,594	7,859,272
2023-03-27	45,861,109	8,508,014
2023-03-20	44,949,584	8,600,922
2023-03-13	44,876,003	8,681,838
2023-03-06	43,696,415	8,440,869
2023-02-27	43,792,935	8,754,870
2023-02-20	43,101,027	8,634,964
2023-02-13	43,947,632	8,636,098
2023-02-06	46,589,204	8,558,016
2023-01-30	45,759,655	8,626,324
2023-01-23	41,760,322	8,019,569
2023-01-16	40,485,396	7,551,159
2023-01-09	39,833,125	7,839,470
2023-01-02	31,902,758	6,592,163
2022-12-26	21,684,150	4,047,612
2022-12-19	33,249,006	6,634,151
2022-12-12	38,836,460	7,953,901
2022-12-05	39,351,053	8,041,481
2022-11-28	39,608,385	8,125,831
2022-11-21	35,580,684	7,095,938
2022-11-14	40,585,618	8,056,507
2022-11-07	38,715,837	8,105,486
2022-10-31	37,233,271	8,043,833
2022-10-24	38,049,536	8,062,417
2022-10-17	38,290,485	8,127,448
2022-10-10	36,663,061	7,600,133
2022-10-03	36,146,786	7,506,073
2022-09-26	37,644,043	7,740,278
2022-09-19	36,278,481	7,504,073
2022-09-12	37,357,987	7,808,870
2022-09-05	34,919,806	7,266,425
2022-08-29	35,980,105	7,503,310
2022-08-22	36,165,110	7,517,508
2022-08-15	34,714,514	7,187,196
2022-08-08	34,961,183	7,243,789
2022-08-01	35,276,463	7,641,624
2022-07-25	35,400,207	7,239,265
2022-07-18	29,860,354	6,163,200
2022-07-11	34,451,125	7,136,664
2022-07-04	32,524,795	6,795,927
2022-06-27	35,091,075	7,029,923
2022-06-20	35,079,782	7,102,800
2022-06-13	33,969,618	7,418,611
2022-06-06	33,357,942	7,763,206
2022-05-30	32,273,368	7,933,667
2022-05-23	32,189,090	7,398,808
2022-05-16	33,412,771	7,104,478
2022-05-09	32,666,703	6,726,892
2022-05-02	29,907,954	6,271,756
2022-04-25	33,559,193	6,813,203
2022-04-18	31,187,429	6,169,999
2022-04-11	31,540,305	6,141,749
2022-04-04	35,391,283	6,763,711
2022-03-28	38,064,051	6,852,728
2022-03-21	37,291,142	6,859,965
2022-03-14	37,071,526	6,648,558
2022-03-07	36,897,270	6,818,074
2022-02-28	36,587,890	6,820,458
2022-02-21	35,880,379	6,937,730
2022-02-14	38,029,831	6,725,027
2022-02-07	38,020,860	6,590,629
2022-01-31	36,899,301	6,334,378
2022-01-24	36,214,256	6,469,481
2022-01-17	36,553,722	6,035,843
2022-01-10	35,229,014	5,921,696
2022-01-03	28,721,488	4,945,109
2021-12-27	19,295,668	2,940,350
2021-12-20	25,400,001	4,319,415
2021-12-13	32,099,949	5,629,798
2021-12-06	29,415,986	5,804,733
2021-11-29	29,091,465	5,778,557
2021-11-22	25,804,953	5,129,989
2021-11-15	28,308,666	5,776,481
2021-11-08	28,446,451	5,514,666
2021-11-01	28,459,585	5,252,080
2021-10-25	29,365,284	5,452,937
2021-10-18	28,613,200	5,483,091
2021-10-11	27,416,692	5,273,372
2021-10-04	27,138,794	5,409,763
2021-09-27	25,983,767	5,372,518
2021-09-20	25,245,815	5,335,504
2021-09-13	24,464,214	5,235,236
2021-09-06	22,520,002	5,072,520
2021-08-30	21,697,172	5,203,689
2021-08-23	21,270,833	5,187,551
2021-08-16	20,984,933	5,063,306
2021-08-09	20,958,294	4,951,129
2021-08-02	20,775,812	4,877,194
2021-07-26	20,693,957	4,898,519
2021-07-19	20,314,226	4,677,575
2021-07-12	1,005,430	214,009