How glyde compares

A transparent look at how glyde stacks up against popular HTTP clients.

Bundle Size (min+gzip)

glyde
1.73 KB
ky
3.4 KB
wretch
4.3 KB
redaxios
1.0 KB
axios
53 KB
got
48 KB

Lower is better. glyde is 97% smaller than axios.

Feature Comparison

Featureglydeaxioskywretchgot
Zero dependencies
TypeScript-first
Native fetch
Request interceptors
Response interceptors
Typed error hierarchy
Type guard functions
Streaming support
Timeout (AbortController)
FormData auto-boundary
Browser + Node.js
ESM + CJS
Node.js only

Dependency Count

0

glyde

0

ky

0

wretch

0

redaxios

2

axios

11

got

Zero dependencies = zero supply chain risk. The axios supply chain attack (March 2026) affected millions of projects.

Same API, smaller package

glyde (1.73 KB)

import plane from "glyde"

const api = plane({ baseURL: "https://api.example.com" })
const { data } = await api.get<User[]>("/users")

axios (53 KB)

import axios from "axios"

const api = axios.create({ baseURL: "https://api.example.com" })
const { data } = await api.get<User[]>("/users")

Near-identical API surface. 97% less code shipped to your users.

Why not...

axios

  • 53 KB gzipped — 30x larger than glyde
  • Uses legacy XHR, not native fetch
  • Supply chain attack in March 2026 (Sapphire Sleet)
  • 2 runtime dependencies

got

  • Node.js only — doesn't work in browsers
  • 11 runtime dependencies
  • 48 KB gzipped
  • Over-engineered for most use cases

ky

  • No request/response interceptor system
  • No typed error hierarchy with type guards
  • Hooks API is less flexible than interceptors

wretch

  • No interceptor chain (uses addons/middleware pattern)
  • Fluent/chaining API — different paradigm
  • No typed error classes with type guards