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request vs axios

On Gold's security & health signals, axios is the safer choice.

Signalrequestaxios
Safety verdictUse with caution — high-severity vulnerabilitiesUse with caution — high-severity vulnerabilities
Safety score2/10042/100
Known CVEs30
Critical / High763
Actively exploited (KEV)NoNo
Health gradeDB
Weekly downloads15M119.7M
License——
DeprecatedNoNo
requestFull report axiosFull report

▪ Common questions

request vs axios: which is safer?
On Gold's security & health signals, axios scores higher and is the safer dependency of the two.
How many known vulnerabilities do request and axios have?
request has 3 known vulnerabilities; axios has 0. See each package's full report for details.

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Comparison uses public Gold data (vulnerabilities, CISA KEV, OpenSSF health, downloads, license). It compares the packages' current security posture — evaluate API fit and features separately. See each package's full report, or scan your manifest.