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Life & fun · March 2, 2015

Xr – A modern ES6 Promise-based XMLHttpRequest wrapper

Ultra-lightweight wrapper around XMLHttpRequest. You should probably use fetch (whatwg-fetch) or RxJS, though. - radiosilence/xr

Xr – A modern ES6 Promise-based XMLHttpRequest wrapper launched on March 2, 2015 with 32 votes, #1,079 of 2,697 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Xr is an ultra-lightweight wrapper around XMLHttpRequest that uses ES6 Promises for cleaner asynchronous request handling. It is designed for developers who need a minimal HTTP client library for JavaScript applications. The tool acknowledges that modern alternatives like the Fetch API or RxJS may be more appropriate for many use cases, positioning itself as a lightweight option for those with specific compatibility or size constraints.

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