I built an HTTP client that perfectly mimics Chrome 142
BoringSSL and nghttp2. Matches JA3N, JA4, and JA4_R fingerprints. Supports HTTP/2, async/await, and works with Cloudflare-protected sites. Not trying to compete with curl_cffi - just a learning project that turned into something functional.
I built an HTTP client that perfectly mimics Chrome 142 launched on November 8, 2025 with 39 votes, #490 of 9,796 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
This HTTP client mimics Chrome 142's behavior using BoringSSL and nghttp2, matching JA3N, JA4, and JA4_R fingerprints to avoid detection. It supports HTTP/2, async/await syntax, and handles Cloudflare-protected sites. Designed for developers who need requests that appear identical to Chrome traffic, the tool combines browser-level fingerprinting with modern async programming patterns.
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httpmorph is a drop-in replacement for Python's requests library that uses a custom C implementation with BoringSSL instead of Python's standard HTTP stack. - arman-bd/httpmorph
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