# xh

> MIT HTTPie-compatible HTTP client as a Rust single binary

**Category:** Rust  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://github.com/ducaale/xh  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/ducaale/xh  
**Added:** 2026-09-12

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## The Hook

xh is HTTPie UX with curl-flag muscle when you want a fast static binary instead of a Python install.

## What's Good

MIT. ducaale/xh. Reimplements HTTPie request-item syntax with better startup, HTTP/2, and `--curl` translation. Single statically linked binary; rename to `http`/`https` (or set XH_HTTPIE_COMPAT_MODE) for strict compat. Source github.com/ducaale/xh.

## The Catch

Vs HTTPie (Python CLI UX) and curl: xh is the *Rust single-binary* cousin, not a plugin ecosystem and not every HTTPie feature. Incomplete parity is intentional (#4). curl still wins when the script must assume the OS already has it.

## Verdict

MIT HTTPie-shaped HTTP CLI. Free forever; carry one binary when pip is the tax.