wretchvsaxios

Winner: axios

axios is the safest overall pick in this comparison

wretch44/100

axios80/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: axios: 80/100, wretch: 44/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: axios: 0, wretch: 0.
GitHub activity: axios: 159 commits, wretch: 10 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: axios: 0, wretch: 0.
OpenSSF scores: axios: 8.2/10, wretch: 4.7/10.

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	wretch	axios
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	40 days ago	0 days ago
Open issues	0 open issues	47 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 88.03% of commits	top contributor makes 22.87% of commits
Commit activity	10 commits in the last 90 days	159 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	5 PRs opened in the last 90 days	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	4.7/10	8.2/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types

Weekly npm downloads

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

wretchaxios

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Week	wretch	axios
2026-07-20	286,582	8,634,370
2026-07-13	254,123	76,052,271
2026-07-06	225,366	83,748,367
2026-06-29	259,985	106,097,286
2026-06-22	257,087	118,711,539
2026-06-15	263,136	125,034,126
2026-06-08	282,598	120,325,703
2026-06-01	318,168	92,439,793
2026-05-25	280,182	109,136,509
2026-05-18	305,810	110,975,466
2026-05-11	273,144	108,440,531
2026-05-04	245,763	105,149,182
2026-04-27	236,692	99,409,820
2026-04-20	241,583	99,020,384
2026-04-13	249,059	99,944,399
2026-04-06	237,883	98,025,551
2026-03-30	256,382	95,762,627
2026-03-23	301,217	100,340,121
2026-03-16	295,756	99,456,970
2026-03-09	270,633	101,633,871
2026-03-02	247,569	99,278,242
2026-02-23	237,623	97,340,209
2026-02-16	229,816	88,215,937
2026-02-09	232,717	86,956,713
2026-02-02	205,327	85,172,061
2026-01-26	215,445	83,287,849
2026-01-19	229,913	77,605,352
2026-01-12	221,110	75,246,135
2026-01-05	197,283	69,395,923
2025-12-29	104,509	41,458,732
2025-12-22	105,906	44,278,515
2025-12-15	193,252	72,741,084
2025-12-08	184,856	76,253,589
2025-12-01	183,485	77,444,367
2025-11-24	156,551	69,834,003
2025-11-17	169,169	73,989,124
2025-11-10	167,882	72,471,746
2025-11-03	165,842	74,203,631
2025-10-27	179,148	72,071,945
2025-10-20	175,385	57,732,586
2025-10-13	172,195	69,219,439
2025-10-06	174,384	68,874,857
2025-09-29	176,173	68,146,950
2025-09-22	174,706	68,883,276
2025-09-15	165,372	69,601,303
2025-09-08	156,163	68,819,792
2025-09-01	152,443	63,331,511
2025-08-25	154,681	67,506,948
2025-08-18	158,592	65,121,330
2025-08-11	156,783	61,364,612
2025-08-04	150,701	63,897,094
2025-07-28	150,496	66,343,723
2025-07-21	154,368	64,643,336
2025-07-14	172,167	65,153,158
2025-07-07	166,253	66,987,396
2025-06-30	157,323	65,071,234
2025-06-23	163,722	71,477,570
2025-06-16	164,509	70,952,404
2025-06-09	148,219	64,771,226
2025-06-02	122,136	64,028,117
2025-05-26	102,934	60,009,804
2025-05-19	109,269	63,971,694
2025-05-12	105,082	63,101,833
2025-05-05	103,100	60,870,268
2025-04-28	87,037	56,108,174
2025-04-21	92,423	58,102,016
2025-04-14	88,059	57,325,835
2025-04-07	92,564	60,203,528
2025-03-31	95,055	59,915,413
2025-03-24	94,119	61,327,998
2025-03-17	88,877	61,836,913
2025-03-10	85,979	61,321,483
2025-03-03	84,115	59,692,968
2025-02-24	85,206	59,810,269
2025-02-17	85,156	59,383,159
2025-02-10	75,434	59,240,620
2025-02-03	72,983	58,836,632
2025-01-27	72,499	55,840,272
2025-01-20	76,996	55,082,745
2025-01-13	74,462	54,859,785
2025-01-06	70,004	52,270,606
2024-12-30	43,839	31,418,855
2024-12-23	36,925	29,162,141
2024-12-16	76,896	54,382,570
2024-12-09	75,323	55,949,344
2024-12-02	76,473	56,581,331
2024-11-25	69,483	52,657,612
2024-11-18	83,055	57,831,132
2024-11-11	74,683	53,826,809
2024-11-04	144,074	55,059,121
2024-10-28	238,260	53,003,934
2024-10-21	169,896	55,397,584
2024-10-14	78,862	52,793,473
2024-10-07	74,702	53,725,778
2024-09-30	69,991	51,046,863
2024-09-23	74,895	53,423,302
2024-09-16	83,014	52,520,064
2024-09-09	82,802	54,476,798
2024-09-02	72,338	51,277,776
2024-08-26	68,465	51,937,063
2024-08-19	68,095	51,221,685
2024-08-12	67,688	48,951,611
2024-08-05	68,257	51,095,581
2024-07-29	70,961	51,289,884
2024-07-22	69,739	50,720,995
2024-07-15	65,183	51,039,319
2024-07-08	65,408	50,718,942
2024-07-01	59,948	46,968,798
2024-06-24	61,844	50,334,817
2024-06-17	60,087	49,117,425
2024-06-10	62,277	50,135,832
2024-06-03	64,466	50,759,940
2024-05-27	61,293	47,641,823
2024-05-20	61,248	48,795,516
2024-05-13	63,872	48,924,838
2024-05-06	65,845	46,069,040
2024-04-29	62,468	44,353,531
2024-04-22	63,643	48,845,236
2024-04-15	62,437	49,111,640
2024-04-08	60,665	48,238,470
2024-04-01	57,893	46,938,583
2024-03-25	54,017	43,855,074
2024-03-18	67,400	51,055,541
2024-03-11	69,599	51,509,724
2024-03-04	63,371	50,647,793
2024-02-26	64,402	50,629,230
2024-02-19	56,602	49,189,461
2024-02-12	53,790	46,903,355
2024-02-05	56,904	48,169,096
2024-01-29	53,583	49,803,042
2024-01-22	49,726	48,826,275
2024-01-15	51,064	47,131,397
2024-01-08	51,618	48,812,514
2024-01-01	39,217	37,623,513
2023-12-25	26,762	27,751,354
2023-12-18	43,394	44,406,936
2023-12-11	44,307	48,393,328
2023-12-04	49,229	47,647,468
2023-11-27	50,305	50,892,763
2023-11-20	48,814	47,034,791
2023-11-13	45,229	50,520,951
2023-11-06	45,712	51,122,756
2023-10-30	32,337	35,496,423
2023-10-23	78,474	50,422,843
2023-10-16	56,815	50,614,751
2023-10-09	36,563	47,797,231
2023-10-02	36,206	47,297,922
2023-09-25	36,495	49,060,438
2023-09-18	36,442	47,901,875
2023-09-11	38,558	48,291,050
2023-09-04	37,023	45,991,958
2023-08-28	36,697	48,813,377
2023-08-21	35,842	48,869,028
2023-08-14	35,735	45,210,225
2023-08-07	36,546	46,312,819
2023-07-31	36,947	45,676,163
2023-07-24	39,362	45,555,180
2023-07-17	39,698	45,832,845
2023-07-10	38,752	46,462,648
2023-07-03	35,541	41,336,624
2023-06-26	38,683	43,946,474
2023-06-19	33,753	43,881,329
2023-06-12	35,148	45,647,483
2023-06-05	34,627	44,318,314
2023-05-29	35,434	41,405,869
2023-05-22	40,329	42,450,067
2023-05-15	34,904	43,378,293
2023-05-08	38,954	42,908,541
2023-05-01	34,583	40,496,846
2023-04-24	35,034	44,979,854
2023-04-17	34,393	45,465,432
2023-04-10	35,720	42,416,862
2023-04-03	33,917	40,676,589
2023-03-27	37,819	44,600,232
2023-03-20	38,934	43,103,824
2023-03-13	35,330	42,987,808
2023-03-06	34,634	42,181,308
2023-02-27	34,299	42,593,116
2023-02-20	33,788	42,375,482
2023-02-13	32,346	41,937,079
2023-02-06	34,982	42,863,222
2023-01-30	36,211	42,015,829
2023-01-23	37,483	38,721,803
2023-01-16	39,967	36,995,551
2023-01-09	44,579	37,404,446
2023-01-02	31,026	30,079,509
2022-12-26	33,199	20,494,399
2022-12-19	42,186	31,736,936
2022-12-12	50,192	36,851,448
2022-12-05	51,167	37,121,719
2022-11-28	52,803	37,639,988
2022-11-21	41,974	34,142,987
2022-11-14	49,616	38,245,944
2022-11-07	35,886	36,133,265
2022-10-31	33,508	34,279,719
2022-10-24	31,264	35,294,465
2022-10-17	32,165	34,975,172
2022-10-10	28,571	33,482,060
2022-10-03	29,575	32,670,954
2022-09-26	29,778	33,487,382
2022-09-19	27,426	32,412,582
2022-09-12	29,421	33,205,686
2022-09-05	25,291	30,850,819
2022-08-29	25,392	31,778,634
2022-08-22	25,410	32,086,745
2022-08-15	23,395	30,709,834
2022-08-08	22,828	30,961,621
2022-08-01	21,226	31,192,932
2022-07-25	21,572	30,992,392
2022-07-18	19,383	25,890,951
2022-07-11	21,691	29,703,687
2022-07-04	20,429	28,051,737
2022-06-27	21,578	30,286,304
2022-06-20	24,374	29,871,319
2022-06-13	24,560	29,719,392
2022-06-06	22,938	29,975,574
2022-05-30	23,253	29,458,922
2022-05-23	22,927	29,247,599
2022-05-16	22,307	29,620,509
2022-05-09	23,512	29,295,690
2022-05-02	22,087	25,702,295
2022-04-25	22,390	28,736,557
2022-04-18	18,758	26,542,220
2022-04-11	18,149	27,749,930
2022-04-04	21,405	29,001,948
2022-03-28	21,617	28,373,442
2022-03-21	21,256	27,457,689
2022-03-14	21,183	26,879,825
2022-03-07	21,842	26,424,933
2022-02-28	21,442	26,032,639
2022-02-21	20,813	25,423,637
2022-02-14	23,155	26,928,255
2022-02-07	22,125	26,265,403
2022-01-31	23,407	24,936,956
2022-01-24	19,650	24,678,164
2022-01-17	18,552	23,389,652
2022-01-10	20,370	22,750,893
2022-01-03	16,770	18,900,955
2021-12-27	9,156	12,326,564
2021-12-20	14,676	17,141,661
2021-12-13	20,370	22,028,420
2021-12-06	19,606	22,323,991
2021-11-29	19,715	22,607,264
2021-11-22	16,380	20,102,738
2021-11-15	18,591	22,079,746
2021-11-08	17,667	21,729,398
2021-11-01	17,391	22,031,194
2021-10-25	17,812	23,839,138
2021-10-18	17,118	22,975,754
2021-10-11	14,636	21,723,341
2021-10-04	15,155	21,555,647
2021-09-27	15,487	20,989,789
2021-09-20	13,555	19,839,555
2021-09-13	14,355	19,717,571
2021-09-06	12,503	18,870,494
2021-08-30	13,775	18,672,160
2021-08-23	13,734	17,964,796
2021-08-16	12,047	17,704,467
2021-08-09	12,874	17,485,206
2021-08-02	14,256	17,514,060
2021-07-26	1,031	4,741,813

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