Refit
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Refit, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Refit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Ahead-of-time compilation
- Refit documents generated clients and JSON code for apps compiled ahead of time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automated test runs
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Build requirements
- The source generator requires Roslyn 4.8 or newer and PackageReference; the README names .NET SDK 8.0.100 and Visual Studio 2022 17.8 as providing that compiler baseline.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency injection
- Refit.HttpClientFactory registers clients with dependency injection and IHttpClientFactory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Diagnostics
- Refit has a diagnostics guide for observing client activity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- History
- The license file says Anna Betts created Refit in 2012 and ReactiveUI has maintained it since.checked 11 Oct 2026
- HTTP client
- Generated implementations send requests through HttpClient, which the app controls.checked 11 Oct 2026
- HTTP client control
- Applications retain control of HttpClient, cancellation, and serialization.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Refit uses HttpClient and documents registering clients with dependency injection.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- Refit is distributed under the MIT License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Native AOT
- The documentation describes generated clients and JSON metadata for apps compiled ahead of time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Package
- The project instructs users to install the Refit NuGet package in the project that declares the interface.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Refit turns a C# interface into an HTTP client and generates its implementation during the build.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Request definition
- Attributes on interface methods describe HTTP methods, routes, headers, and request bodies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requests and responses
- The library supports route and query parameters, headers, serialized bodies, forms, and response types including Task<T>, ValueTask<T>, and IObservable<T>.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Request types
- Refit supports routes and HTTP methods, including route placeholders populated from method arguments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Return types
- The documentation lists Task<T>, ValueTask<T>, IObservable<T>, response wrappers and IAsyncEnumerable<T> for streaming replies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Serialization
- Refit uses System.Text.Json by default and supports generated JSON metadata; separate packages provide Newtonsoft.Json and XML serializers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Streaming
- Refit supports streamed JSON arrays, JSON Lines, and server-sent events.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Target frameworks
- The source projects target .NET 8, 9, 10, and 11, plus .NET Framework 4.6.2 through 4.8.1.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Testing
- Refit.Testing can supply local replies, verify outgoing requests, and simulate network faults.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Available platforms
- web_and_desktopchecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Alternatives to Refit
- 1
SoapUI
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted9.0From $1,069 a year - 2
HTTPie
Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSWindows9.0From $10 a month - 3
Apidog
Free planWebAPIExtensionLinux8.8From $9 a month - 4
Bruno
Free planOpen sourceAPIExtensionLinuxmacOS8.8From $6 a month - 5
Postman
Free planWebExtensionLinuxmacOS8.4From $9 a month - 6
ReadyAPI
WebAPILinuxmacOS8.3