https-proxy-agent
HTTP/HTTPS proxy agent for Node.js to route requests through corporate proxies.
HTTP clients and networking npm MIT
Used in agent projects
26
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http clients and networking
#25 of 29
by use in those projects
Downloads
271M
npm, last 7 days, https-proxy-agent
GitHub stars
1,167
last push Sep 10, 2026
How https-proxy-agent is used
https-proxy-agent is a dependency in 26 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #25 of 29 in http clients and networking. The most used alternative there is Axios. Projects that use it most often also use Axios (80.8%), Vitest (46.2%), Zod (53.8%).
Often used with https-proxy-agent
| Axios | 80.8% of https-proxy-agent projects · 8.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 46.2% of https-proxy-agent projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Zod | 53.8% of https-proxy-agent projects · 3.2× more than average |
| undici | 38.5% of https-proxy-agent projects · 62.6× more than average |
| chalk | 38.5% of https-proxy-agent projects · 22.0× more than average |
| Google Auth Library | 38.5% of https-proxy-agent projects · 85.7× more than average |
| lru-cache | 34.6% of https-proxy-agent projects · 68.7× more than average |
| ws | 34.6% of https-proxy-agent projects · 15.3× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list https-proxy-agent as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install https-proxy-agent |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (22), Python (3), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | DiegoFleitas/letterboxd-movie-justwatch, sectordot/MeteoraManager, gaohongxiang/web3-script, Silin144/claude-code, nilupulk/claude-code-free |
Alternatives to https-proxy-agent
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axios npm Promise-based HTTP client for browser and Node.js with interceptors. |
1,264 (10.0%) | 115M | 109K | MIT |
| Requests pypi Elegant Python HTTP library for making web requests. |
675 (5.3%) | 309M | 54.6K | Apache-2.0 |
| aiohttp pypi Async HTTP client/server framework for Python with WebSocket support. |
295 (2.3%) | 117M | 16.6K | — |
| ws npm Simple, fast WebSocket client and server for Node.js with full RFC support. |
287 (2.3%) | 283M | 22.8K | MIT |
| websockets pypi WebSocket implementation for Python with RFC 6455 and 7692 compliance. |
286 (2.3%) | 109M | 5,732 | — |
| httpx pypi Modern Python HTTP client with async support, replacing the standard requests library. |
266 (2.1%) | 16M | 15.6K | BSD-3-Clause |
| node-fetch npm Bring the Fetch API to Node.js for making HTTP requests. |
219 (1.7%) | 207M | 8,852 | MIT |
| urllib3 pypi HTTP client with thread-safe connection pooling, file uploads and advanced features. |
193 (1.5%) | 338M | 4,071 | — |