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Install req with Homebrew

Simple and opinionated HTTP scripting language. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-09-13.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install req

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overview

Package summary

Simple and opinionated HTTP scripting language

Commands and aliases

  • req

history

Project history and usage

req is a command-line HTTP scripting language for expressing and executing HTTP interactions.

Project history

Andrew Pillar created req as a small, opinionated language dedicated to describing and running HTTP requests.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata records Homebrew as the package-manager distribution channel. Reliable official evidence for broader adoption is limited.

How it is used

Users write request scripts and execute them with the `req` command, making HTTP workflows reproducible and suitable for source control or API testing.

Why package nerds care

req packages repeatable HTTP interactions as readable scripts rather than shell commands or a graphical-client workspace, appealing to developers who prefer version-controlled, command-line API tooling.

Timeline

  • Initial project: Published by Andrew Pillar as an Apache-2.0-licensed HTTP scripting language.

Related projects

  • req occupies the same general workflow space as curl and file-based HTTP/API clients, while distinguishing itself through a dedicated scripting language.

Sources

  • Input package coverage: source_facts.package-manager
  • Official repository and README: https://github.com/andrewpillar/req

security posture

Risk level: yellow

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

  • text:http
  • text:scripting language

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
reqcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19
manager version1.1.0
manager updated2026-09-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.1.0

https://github.com/andrewpillar/req

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:req
Version1.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/req
Homepagehttps://github.com/andrewpillar/req
Repositoryhttps://github.com/andrewpillar/req
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/andrewpillar/req/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-09-13T07:25:01Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namereq
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • restermShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools, http.
  • newmanShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools.
  • keployShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools.
  • stepciShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools.
  • hurlShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools, http.
  • apibShares pkgdb curated category or tags: api-testing, cli, developer-tools, http.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation