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requestnpm
abandoned
Archived, deprecated/yanked, or silent for 2+ years.
✓ freshdeps checked request live against npm, GitHub & OSV on Jun 28, 2026 — but it goes stale again.
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Latest version
2.88.2
Last release
6.4y ago
Last commit
23mo ago
Known CVEs (OSV)
2
Deprecated
YES
Repo archived
no
Suggested alternative
got
request is fully deprecated (no longer maintained since 2020).
Migration
const got = require('got'); const body = await got(url).text();  // replaces request(url, cb); npm i got
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Repository: git+https://github.com/request/request.git

checked 2026-06-28T20:09:47.004Z · sources: registry=true github=true osv=true

JSON: /api/verdict?ecosystem=npm&package=request