Xh

xh is a friendly and fast command-line HTTP client written in Rust, designed as a modern, high-performance alternative to HTTPie. It reimplements HTTPie's request-item syntax and design with improved startup speed, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support, and availability as a single statically-linked binary. xh supports JSON and form data serialization, session management, authentication (basic, bearer, digest), SSL/TLS customization, multipart uploads, proxy configuration, and built-in curl command translation. Installable via Homebrew, Cargo, apt, pacman, and other package managers.

Xh publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include CLI Tool, Command Line, Developer Tools, HTTP Client, and Open Source.

Xh’s developer surface includes documentation, release notes, changelog, and 5 more developer resources.

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21.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

CLI ToolCommand LineDeveloper ToolsHTTP ClientOpen SourceRust

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Composite quality — 21.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Xh Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Xh Finops

FINOPS

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

CargoPackage

CargoPackage

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ReleaseNotes

ReleaseNotes

Issues

Issues

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: xh
name: Xh
description: xh is a friendly and fast command-line HTTP client written in Rust, designed as a modern, high-performance alternative
  to HTTPie. It reimplements HTTPie's request-item syntax and design with improved startup speed, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support,
  and availability as a single statically-linked binary. xh supports JSON and form data serialization, session management,
  authentication (basic, bearer, digest), SSL/TLS customization, multipart uploads, proxy configuration, and built-in curl
  command translation. Installable via Homebrew, Cargo, apt, pacman, and other package managers.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/xh.png
tags:
- CLI Tool
- Command Line
- Developer Tools
- HTTP Client
- Open Source
- Rust
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-05-03'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: xh:xh-cli
  name: Xh CLI
  description: xh is a friendly and fast command-line HTTP client written in Rust. It reimplements HTTPie's design with improved
    performance, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 support, and a single statically-linked binary. Supports JSON and form data serialization,
    session persistence, basic/bearer/digest authentication, SSL/TLS certificate handling, proxy configuration, Unix socket
    connections, multipart file uploads, and built-in curl command translation. Uses HTTPie-compatible request-item syntax
    for setting headers, JSON fields, query parameters, and form data.
  humanURL: https://github.com/ducaale/xh
  tags:
  - CLI
  - HTTP
  - HTTP Client
  - Rust
  - Tool
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh#readme
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/releases
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
  - type: ManPage
    url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/blob/master/doc/xh.1
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh#readme
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/releases
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/issues
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/ducaale/xh/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- type: CargoPackage
  url: https://crates.io/crates/xh
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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