Replace `fetch`polyfills with native fetch / undici

[v1rtl]

fetch is available since node v18

Things to take into consideration

• node.js fetch only supports proxies through env vars
• node.js fetch doesn't support passing a custom http.Agent

for folks who need http agent or proxy support, node-fetch-native is available.

Total list of fetch polyfill packages

• node-fetch
• cross-fetch
• @web-std/fetch
• unfetch
• isomorphic-unfetch
• @whatwg-node/fetch
• node-fetch-commonjs
• whatwg-fetch
• isomorphic-fetch
• fetch-ponyfill
• @remix-run/web-fetch

bunx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools node-fetch -n 150 -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry -q -o md

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR	Minimum Node version
1	99.64M	3160.78 GB	^3.3.2	gaxios
2	86.90M	2756.68 GB	^2.7.0	cross-fetch
3	43.35M	1375.05 GB	^3.3.2	teeny-request
4	40.08M	1271.48 GB	^3.3.2	google-gax
5	34.52M	1094.90 GB	^2.6.7	@mapbox/node-pre-gyp
6	31.08M	985.91 GB	^2.6.7	@sentry/cli
7	23.95M	759.77 GB	^2.6.1	isomorphic-fetch
8	13.27M	421.02 GB	^2.6.1	@nuxtjs/opencollective
9	9.27M	293.99 GB	^2.6.1	swagger2openapi
10	9.24M	293.00 GB	^3.3.2	sync-fetch
11	9.10M	288.54 GB	^2.6.1	@ardatan/sync-fetch
12	8.88M	281.82 GB	^3.2.0	isomorphic-unfetch
13	5.93M	188.24 GB	^2.6.7	apollo-server-env
14	5.29M	167.87 GB	2.7.0	@module-federation/node
15	5.23M	165.96 GB	^2.7.0	@stoplight/spectral-runtime
16	5.23M	165.82 GB	^2.6.0	@stoplight/json-ref-readers
17	4.94M	156.72 GB	^2.6.7	@azure/core-http
18	4.87M	154.35 GB	2.6.9	@vercel/node
19	4.74M	150.50 GB	^2.6.11	@serverless/utils
20	4.42M	140.15 GB	^2.7.0	@solana/web3.js
21	4.34M	137.52 GB	^3.3.2	edgedriver
22	3.87M	122.68 GB	^2.7.0	@kubernetes/client-node
23	3.76M	119.28 GB	2.6.7	@vercel/fun
24	3.73M	118.47 GB	^2.6.8	@serverless/dashboard-plugin
25	3.72M	118.06 GB	^2.6.1	@expo/rudder-sdk-node
26	3.65M	115.67 GB	^2.6.7	@azure/ms-rest-js
27	3.63M	115.04 GB	^2.6.7	@segment/analytics-node
28	3.52M	111.61 GB	^2.6.7	@microsoft/signalr
29	3.40M	107.76 GB	^2.6.7	@segment/analytics-next
30	3.27M	103.70 GB	^2.6.7	npm-registry-utilities
31	3.00M	95.31 GB	^2.6.7	firebase-tools
32	2.99M	94.74 GB	3.3.2	netlify
33	2.98M	94.60 GB	^2.6.1	jsforce
34	2.96M	93.93 GB	^2.6.7	@storybook/manager-webpack4
35	2.96M	93.76 GB	^2.6.7	@vue/cli-shared-utils
36	2.45M	77.84 GB	^2.6.7	danger
37	2.31M	73.28 GB	^3.3.2	serverless-offline
38	2.26M	71.57 GB	^2.6.7	@browserbasehq/sdk
39	2.21M	70.08 GB	^2.6.0	@hubspot/api-client
40	2.06M	65.39 GB	^2.6.7	cloudflare
41	2.03M	64.33 GB	^2.2.0	metro-inspector-proxy
42	1.91M	60.60 GB	^2.6.7	@storybook/manager-webpack5
43	1.89M	59.81 GB	2.6.7	@asyncapi/parser
44	1.87M	59.24 GB	^2.5.0	@changesets/get-github-info
45	1.85M	58.63 GB	~2.6.1	@tensorflow/tfjs-core
46	1.78M	56.34 GB	^2.6.1	@lerna/gitlab-client
47	1.75M	55.67 GB	^2.6.1	@jsforce/jsforce-node
48	1.72M	54.52 GB	2.6.7	@applitools/core
49	1.70M	54.02 GB	3.3.1	@applitools/req
50	1.59M	50.58 GB	^2.6.7	groq-sdk
51	1.59M	50.41 GB	npm:@pnpm/node-f	@pnpm/fetching-types
52	1.59M	50.40 GB	^3.3.2	@libsql/hrana-client
53	1.59M	50.40 GB	^2.6.1	svix-fetch
54	1.50M	47.46 GB	^3.3.2	supabase
55	1.38M	43.67 GB	^3.3.2	shadcn
56	1.37M	43.55 GB	^2.6.7	@applitools/execution-grid-tunnel
57	1.36M	43.03 GB	^2.6.9	tesseract.js
58	1.30M	41.29 GB	^2.6.11	gatsby-cli
59	1.30M	41.24 GB	^2.6.11	gatsby
60	1.29M	41.07 GB	^2.7.0	cohere-ai
61	1.21M	38.37 GB	^2.6.1	pusher
62	1.19M	37.72 GB	2.6.8	verdaccio-audit
63	1.17M	37.24 GB	^2.6.1	apollo-env
64	1.16M	36.75 GB	2.6.7	eas-cli
65	1.15M	36.58 GB	^2.6.7	@apollo/gateway
66	1.13M	35.88 GB	^2.6.0	npm-api
67	1.10M	34.97 GB	^2.7.0	statsig-node
68	1.07M	33.87 GB	^2.7.0	@splitsoftware/splitio
69	1.05M	33.23 GB	2.7.0	checkpoint-client
70	1.03M	32.73 GB	~2.6.1	fetch-ponyfill
71	1.03M	32.52 GB	^2.6.0	image-to-base64
72	1.00M	31.79 GB	^2.6.6	pkg-fetch
73	990.38k	31.42 GB	^2.6.7	airtable
74	977.58k	31.01 GB	^2.6.0	expo-server-sdk
75	975.08k	30.93 GB	~2.6.1	@tensorflow/tfjs-data
76	940.02k	29.82 GB	npm:@pnpm/node-f	@pnpm/fetch
77	888.48k	28.18 GB	^3.3.2	@genkit-ai/ai
78	874.34k	27.74 GB	^2.6.7	@electron-forge/core
79	826.15k	26.21 GB	2.7.0	@microsoft/teams-manifest
80	812.08k	25.76 GB	^2.6.7	@eth-optimism/core-utils
81	808.73k	25.65 GB	^2.7.0	@backstage/backend-defaults
82	796.87k	25.28 GB	^2.7.0	intercom-client
83	785.85k	24.93 GB	^3.3.2	ky-universal
84	774.16k	24.56 GB	^2.6.1	office-addin-manifest
85	772.53k	24.51 GB	^2.6.1	auto-changelog
86	769.26k	24.40 GB	3.3.2	netlify-cli
87	712.66k	22.61 GB	^3.3.1	gh-release-fetch
88	710.34k	22.53 GB	^2.7.0	pubnub
89	700.78k	22.23 GB	^3.3.2	@genkit-ai/googleai
90	694.80k	22.04 GB	^2.6.0	@expo/dev-server
91	690.60k	21.91 GB	^2.6.7	@okta/okta-sdk-nodejs
92	680.13k	21.58 GB	^2.6.12	@databricks/sql
93	621.92k	19.73 GB	^2.6.1	serverless-plugin-datadog
94	613.74k	19.47 GB	^2.6.7	@metaplex-foundation/umi-http-fetch
95	601.54k	19.08 GB	^2.6.7	@angular-architects/module-federation
96	599.12k	19.01 GB	2.7.0	cdktf-cli
97	596.72k	18.93 GB	2.7.0	@cdktf/cli-core
98	587.78k	18.65 GB	^3.3.2	@genkit-ai/google-cloud
99	587.55k	18.64 GB	2.6.7	@lerna/legacy-package-management
100	576.24k	18.28 GB	2.6.7	near-api-js
101	561.29k	17.81 GB	^2.6.7	cross-undici-fetch
102	544.96k	17.29 GB	3.3.2	@chakra-ui/cli
103	544.47k	17.27 GB	^3.3.2	@polkadot/x-fetch
104	535.26k	16.98 GB	^1.7.3	slackup
105	533.36k	16.92 GB	^2.7.0	@backstage/backend-common
106	531.82k	16.87 GB	2.7.0	@capacitor/assets
107	523.21k	16.60 GB	^3.3.2	nylas
108	508.55k	16.13 GB	^2.7.0	telegraf
109	480.20k	15.23 GB	^2.6.7	@apollo/datasource-rest
110	476.75k	15.12 GB	^2.6.7	avatax
111	471.91k	14.97 GB	^2.6.7	@mux/mux-node
112	467.95k	14.84 GB	^2.7.0	botframework-connector
113	463.24k	14.69 GB	2	notion-to-md
114	443.44k	14.07 GB	^2.6.0	ember-source-channel-url
115	443.24k	14.06 GB	^3.3.2	chaingate
116	436.37k	13.84 GB	^2.6.12	@liquiditeam/sdk
117	432.85k	13.73 GB	2.7.0	@getzep/zep-js
118	430.84k	13.67 GB	~2.7.0	pa11y-ci
119	430.25k	13.65 GB	^2.6.1	office-addin-cli
120	420.82k	13.35 GB	^2.6.0	bitbucket
121	406.67k	12.90 GB	3.3.2	@shopify/cli-kit
122	393.93k	12.50 GB	^2.6.1	passport-twitch-strategy
123	387.03k	12.28 GB	^2.2.0	get-graphql-schema
124	373.82k	11.86 GB	^3.3.2	@modelcontextprotocol/inspector
125	370.98k	11.77 GB	2.7.0	@crowdin/cli
126	367.55k	11.66 GB	^2.6.6	@yao-pkg/pkg-fetch
127	365.07k	11.58 GB	2.7.0	@microsoft/teamsfx-core
128	363.48k	11.53 GB	^2.6.5	@stoplight/prism-http
129	360.57k	11.44 GB	1.6.3	opencollective
130	356.82k	11.32 GB	^3.3.0	@shadcn/ui
131	350.41k	11.12 GB	^2.3.0	@builder.io/sdk
132	349.83k	11.10 GB	^2.6.5	@stoplight/prism-cli
133	345.57k	10.96 GB	^2.6.0	@serverless/component-metrics
134	337.34k	10.70 GB	^2.6.0	@asyncapi/generator
135	337.03k	10.69 GB	2.7.0	@usebruno/js
136	336.74k	10.68 GB	^2.6.5	@stoplight/prism-http-server
137	336.30k	10.67 GB	^2.6.7	statsig-node-lite
138	333.54k	10.58 GB	2.6.7	@auto-it/core
139	331.44k	10.51 GB	^2.6.0	datadog-winston
140	327.53k	10.39 GB	^2.6.7	inngest-cli
141	319.55k	10.14 GB	^3.3.2	@aws-amplify/form-generator
142	317.31k	10.07 GB	^2.6.0	@nextnextools/xrom
143	313.99k	9.96 GB	^2.6.1	office-addin-debugging
144	313.58k	9.95 GB	^2.6.1	office-addin-node-debugger
145	311.25k	9.87 GB	^2.7.0	@mergeapi/merge-node-client
146	308.24k	9.78 GB	2.7.0	@statsig/statsig-node-core
147	305.85k	9.70 GB	^2.7.0	elevenlabs
148	302.63k	9.60 GB	^2.6.7	eth-json-rpc-middleware
149	299.92k	9.51 GB	^2.6.0	node-geocoder
150	298.66k	9.47 GB	^2.6.8	ipfs-utils

cross-fetch:

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	40.75M	900.70 GB	^3.1.5	fbjs
2	6.82M	150.83 GB	^3.0.4	jest-fetch-mock
3	6.34M	140.21 GB	4.0.0	i18next-http-backend
4	4.36M	96.40 GB	^4.0.0	web3-providers-http
5	3.47M	76.64 GB	^3.1.5	@datadog/datadog-api-client
6	2.78M	61.52 GB	^3.1.5	@okta/okta-auth-js
7	1.24M	27.49 GB	^3.1.4	@walletconnect/jsonrpc-http-connection	WalletConnect/walletconnect-utils#217
8	1.52M	33.67 GB	^3.1.5	@coral-xyz/anchor
9	1.21M	26.66 GB	^4.0.0	@metamask/sdk
10	1.03M	22.81 GB	^3.0.2	@cubejs-client/core
11	1.01M	22.33 GB	^3.1.5	wiremock-rest-client
12	1.00M	22.17 GB	^4.1.0	@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc
13	918.31k	20.30 GB	^4.0.0	@backstage/plugin-permission-common
14	896.19k	19.81 GB	^3.1.5	mockttp
15	824.37k	18.22 GB	^4.0.0	@libsql/hrana-client
16	814.50k	18.00 GB	^4.0.0	quicktype-core
17	771.49k	17.05 GB	4.1.0	alasql
18	770.18k	17.02 GB	^3.0.6	@pagerduty/pdjs
19	721.27k	15.94 GB	^4.0.0	inngest
20	704.41k	15.57 GB	^4.1.0	@smithery/cli

@web-std/fetch:

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	32.85k	2.19 GB	^4.2.1	@modern-js/server-core
2	26.74k	1.78 GB	^4.1.2	nft.storage
3	15.28k	1.02 GB	^4.1.0	w3name
4	11.46k	763.40 MB	^4.1.2	web3.storage
5	6.63k	441.66 MB	^3.0.3	@filebase/client

unfetch:

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	9.76M	85.54 GB	^5.0.0	isomorphic-unfetch
2	2.89M	25.35 GB	^3.1.1	@segment/analytics.js-video-plugins
3	2.88M	25.20 GB	^4.1.0	@segment/analytics-next
4	1.36M	11.95 GB	^4.2.0	@splitsoftware/splitio
5	947.07k	8.30 GB	^4.2.0	idtoken-verifier
6	818.33k	7.17 GB	4.1.0	@amplitude/experiment-js-client
7	817.65k	7.17 GB	^5.0.0	@nuxt/vue-app
8	119.13k	1.04 GB	4.2.0	@redocly/openapi-docs
9	118.89k	1.04 GB	^4.2.0	@splitsoftware/splitio-browserjs
10	116.89k	1.02 GB	^4.2.0	@plasmicapp/isomorphic-unfetch

isomorphic-unfetch

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	3.94M	5.81 GB	^3.0.0	amazon-cognito-identity-js
2	1.11M	1.64 GB	^3.1.0	@linear/sdk
3	303.28k	446.73 MB	4.0.2	@umijs/test
4	123.57k	182.02 MB	^4.0.0	mailersend
5	78.92k	116.24 MB	^3.1.0	@walletconnect/auth-client

@whatwg-node/fetch:

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	17.99M	214.29 GB	^0.10.0	@graphql-tools/url-loader
2	15.82M	188.45 GB	^0.10.8	@graphql-tools/executor-http
3	14.13M	168.32 GB	^0.10.0	@graphql-codegen/cli
4	13.89M	165.47 GB	^0.10.0	@graphql-tools/github-loader
5	13.75M	163.70 GB	^0.10.0	@graphql-tools/apollo-engine-loader
6	13.10M	155.98 GB	^0.10.0	@graphql-tools/prisma-loader
7	3.66M	43.64 GB	^0.10.8	@whatwg-node/server
8	2.24M	26.64 GB	^0.10.6	graphql-yoga
9	502.87k	5.99 GB	^0.10.6	@graphql-mesh/utils
10	380.31k	4.53 GB	^0.10.6	@graphql-hive/core

node-fetch-commonjs

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	2.73M	173.64 GB	^3.3.2	swagger-client

whatwg-fetch

not a node polyfill but still should not be used, see #145 (comment)

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	23.47M	316.09 GB	^3.4.1	isomorphic-fetch
2	16.42M	221.05 GB	^3.6.2	react-app-polyfill
3	13.64M	183.72 GB	^3.0.0	react-native
4	2.86M	38.53 GB	^3.6.2	@vue/cli-service
5	1.40M	18.85 GB	2.0.4	@firebase/polyfill
6	1.17M	15.69 GB	^3.4.1	svix-fetch
7	1.07M	14.35 GB	^3.6.20	ollama
8	744.18k	10.02 GB	^3.6.19	storybook-addon-mock
9	357.77k	4.82 GB	^3.0.0	react-native-windows
10	324.72k	4.37 GB	^3.6.2	ember-fetch

isomorphic-fetch

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	2.86M	9.37 GB	^3.0.0	update-notifier-cjs
2	1.21M	3.97 GB	^3.0.0	@lhci/utils
3	1.18M	3.87 GB	^3.0.0	@lhci/cli
4	630.70k	2.07 GB	^3	openapi-merge-cli
5	344.00k	1.13 GB	^3.0.0	@open-rpc/schema-utils-js
6	279.13k	914.45 MB	^3.0.0	api
7	259.75k	850.92 MB	^3.0.0	@open-rpc/client-js
8	247.87k	812.03 MB	3.0.0	oci-common
9	236.07k	773.35 MB	^3.0.0	testcafe-reporter-dashboard
10	198.09k	648.94 MB	^3.0.0	@xstate/cli

fetch-ponyfill

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	181.09k	1.54 GB	^7.1.0	@citation-js/core
2	173.07k	1.47 GB	^7.1.0	formiojs
3	92.38k	783.52 MB	^7.1.0	@rockset/client
4	72.47k	614.68 MB	^7.1.0	@formio/core
5	21.99k	186.55 MB	^4.0.0	embed-video

@remix-run/web-fetch

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package
1	3.02M	200.18 GB	^4.4.2	@remix-run/node
2	45.88k	3.05 GB	^4.4.2	create-react-router
3	13.86k	920.43 MB	^4.4.2	@remix-run/architect

[mislav]

Hi, one of the original maintainers of whatwg-fetch here 👋 That implementation was only meant for web browsers and never worked under Node. I think that lumping this project together with Node-based implementations of fetch() in this thread might have been an oversight, but I do agree that nothing should be using whatwg-fetch anymore and that it should be removed as a dependency from any library, at least those that are currently still maintained. 👍

[v1rtl]

@mislav oops, I will update the original issue to mention that. Although as you said it is not needed anymore, some libraries still depend on it when they shouldn't

[MichaelDeBoey]

Probably a good idea to track @remix-run/web-fetch as well

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	3.05M	202.23 GB	^4.4.2	@remix-run/node deprecated
2	47.24k	3.14 GB	^4.4.2	create-react-router	remix-run/react-router#14140
3	14.85k	986.16 MB	^4.4.2	create-remix	remix-run/remix#10686
4	13.88k	921.23 MB	^4.4.2	@remix-run/architect deprecated
5	1.98k	131.26 MB	^4.4.2	vite-react-ssg	Daydreamer-riri/vite-react-ssg#77
6	1.51k	100.52 MB	^4.3.5	@trigger.dev/nestjs deprecated

[MichaelDeBoey]

It's probably a good idea to also include these ones (maybe not on the package-level, but definitely in the codemod/CI/Renovate if you ask me)

@supabase/node-fetch

npx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools @supabase/node-fetch -n 100 -q -o md -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	1.67k	74.13 MB	^2.6.13	@moonup/moon-react
2	517	22.98 MB	^2.6.13	@moonup/moon-sdk
3	302	13.42 MB	^2.6.14	@entropi-co/surge-js
4	97	4.31 MB	^2.6.13	@shaple/shaple
5	56	2.49 MB	2.6.15	@soedirgo/supabase-js
6	41	1.82 MB	^2.6.14	@osener/postgrest-js
7	35	1.56 MB	^2.6.13	@cod3x/sdk
8	28	1.24 MB	^2.6.14	@rebundled/postgrest-js
9	20	888.80 KB	^2.6.13	@moonup/moon-langchain
10	14	622.16 KB	^2.6.14	@nordic-game-lab/supabase-js

node-fetch-h2

npx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools node-fetch-h2 -n 100 -q -o md -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	10.03M	412.36 GB	^2.3.0	oas-resolver
2	9.27M	380.99 GB	^2.3.0	swagger2openapi
3	485.62k	19.96 GB	^2.3.0	oas-resolver-browser

node-fetch-npm

npx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools node-fetch-npm -n 100 -q -o md -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	10.10k	200.15 MB	^2.0.4	@adobe/httptransfer

[MichaelDeBoey]

• @sentry/cli: ref: Use undici to download binary getsentry/sentry-cli#2993
• lerna: lerna/lerna@96095e2
• @lerna/create: lerna/lerna@96095e2

[MichaelDeBoey]

It's probably a good idea to also include ohmyfetch & ofetch (maybe not on the package-level, but definitely in the codemod/CI/Renovate if you ask me)

ofetch

npx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools ofetch -n 100 -q -o md -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	10.42M	175.19 GB	^1.5.1	unstorage
2	3.57M	60.06 GB	^1.5.1	nuxt
3	3.38M	56.76 GB	^1.5.1	nitropack
4	3.23M	54.27 GB	^1.4.1	@nuxt/telemetry
5	3.04M	51.12 GB	^1.5.1	unifont
6	2.78M	46.69 GB	^1.5.1	@nuxt/cli
7	1.69M	28.45 GB	^1.4.1	ipx
8	1.37M	23.11 GB	^1.5.1	@unocss/preset-icons
9	1.35M	22.71 GB	^1.5.1	@unocss/preset-web-fonts
10	940.13k	15.80 GB	^1.5.1	@nuxt/test-utils
11	718.62k	12.08 GB	^1.5.1	@nuxt/fonts
12	522.37k	8.78 GB	^1.5.1	@nuxtjs/sitemap
13	355.77k	5.98 GB	^1.5.1	@nuxt/scripts
14	329.81k	5.54 GB	^1.4.1	publish-browser-extension
15	302.03k	5.08 GB	^1.4.1	google-fonts-helper
16	301.91k	5.07 GB	^1.3.4	@privy-io/react-auth
17	296.04k	4.98 GB	^2.0.0-alpha.3	nitro
18	279.38k	4.70 GB	^1.4.1	changelogen
19	275.70k	4.63 GB	^1.5.1	kysely-ctl
20	189.62k	3.19 GB	^1.5.1	nuxt-og-image
21	146.99k	2.47 GB	^1.5.1	nuxt-link-checker
22	128.97k	2.17 GB	^1.5.1	taze
23	123.44k	2.07 GB	^1.5.1	shadcn-vue
24	121.42k	2.04 GB	^1.3.4	@storybook-vue/nuxt
25	114.40k	1.92 GB	^1.4.1	notion-client
26	102.15k	1.72 GB	^1.5.1	nuxt-auth-utils
27	94.93k	1.60 GB	^1.5.1	event-source-plus
28	93.16k	1.57 GB	^2.0.0-alpha.3	nitro-nightly
29	88.51k	1.49 GB	^1.5.1	changelogithub
30	76.04k	1.28 GB	^1.3.4	posthtml-fetch

ohmyfetch (renamed to ofetch)

npx github:Fuzzyma/e18e-tools ohmyfetch -n 100 -q -o md -U https://npm.devminer.xyz/registry

#	Downloads	Traffic	Version	Package	PR
1	7.59k	62.74 MB	^0.4.18	gh-changelogen
2	2.33k	19.25 MB	^0.4.15	@nuxt/nitro-edge
3	1.44k	11.88 MB	^0.4.19	@dao-style/core
4	1.38k	11.36 MB	^0.4.21	test_tabel

[gameroman]

I think ofetch is fine and we shouldn't replace it

[gameroman]

But once v2 is fully released it is a good idea to upgrade it