xh is a friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. It reimplements as much
as possible of HTTPie's excellent design, with a focus
on improved performance.
Installation
via cURL (Linux & macOS)
curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ducaale/xh/master/install.sh | sh
via Powershell (Windows)
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ducaale/xh/master/install.ps1 | iex
via a package manager
| OS | Method | Command |
|---|---|---|
| Any | Cargo* | cargo install xh --locked |
| Any | Huber | huber install xh |
| Any | Mise | mise use xh --global |
| Android (Termux) | pkg | pkg install xh |
| Android (Magisk/KernelSU) | MMRL** | mmrl install xhhttp |
| Alpine Linux | apk*** | apk add xh |
| Arch Linux | Pacman | pacman -S xh |
| Debian & Ubuntu | Apt**** | sudo apt install xh |
| Fedora | Copr***** | sudo dnf install xh |
| FreeBSD | FreshPorts | pkg install xh |
| NetBSD | pkgsrc | pkgin install xh |
| Linux & macOS | Nixpkgs | nix-env -iA nixpkgs.xh |
| Linux & macOS | Flox | flox install xh |
| Linux & macOS | Homebrew | brew install xh |
| Linux & macOS | Hermit | hermit install xh |
| macOS | MacPorts | sudo port install xh |
| Windows | Scoop | scoop install xh |
| Windows | Chocolatey | choco install xh |
| Windows | Winget | winget add ducaale.xh |
* Make sure that you have Rust 1.85 or later installed
** You will need to install the MMRL CLI
*** Built with native-tls only.
**** Available since Debian 13 and Ubuntu 25.04. Built with native-tls only.
***** Enable COPR repo via sudo dnf copr enable ducaale/xh
via pre-built binaries
The release page contains prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Usage
"Usage: xh [OPTIONS] <[METHOD] URL> [REQUEST_ITEM]...
Arguments:
<[METHOD] URL> The request URL, preceded by an optional HTTP method
[REQUEST_ITEM]... Optional key-value pairs to be included in the request.
Options:
-j, --json (default) Serialize data items from the command line as a JSON object
-f, --form Serialize data items from the command line as form fields
--multipart Like --form, but force a multipart/form-data request even without files
--raw Pass raw request data without extra processing
--pretty