Package suggestion: wretch for HTTP client libraries for Node.js

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Package name
wretch

Alternative to

Axios, up-fetch, superagent

Quality check

• Package has sufficient overlap in functionality to act as a replacement.
• Package is actively maintained, and/or stable for use.
• Package has at least 1000 weekly downloads on NPM or is relatively popular on GitHub.
• This package is a better alternative to what is already suggested for this category (please explain why), or the category is new.

🪶 Small - core is less than 2KB g-zipped
💡 Intuitive - lean API, handles errors, headers and (de)serialization
🧊 Immutable - every call creates a cloned instance that can then be reused safely
🔌 Modular - plug addons to add new features, and middlewares to intercept requests
🧩 Isomorphic - compatible with modern browsers, Node.js 14+ and Deno
🦺 Type safe - strongly typed, written in TypeScript
✅ Proven - fully covered by unit tests and widely used
💓 Maintained - alive and well for many years