Hoppscotch [1][2] (previously Postwoman) is also a very nice free and open-source Postman alternative. [1]: https://hoppscotch.io/ [2]: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch
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#172If you are a minimalist, and are using VS Code, try https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.re... which is a pure text syntax to describe API requests, and execute them right from the editor window. I now have api.http text file in every API-first project I am building and I love it.
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#174If you live in Emacs, there is the amazing verb package that does the same, it supports org-mode primarily and also integrates with org-babel nicely. https://github.com/federicotdn/verb
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#175If you're using VS Code and only need to test REST APIs, then try "Rest Client" extension by Huachao Mao. It does everything I used Postman for, using a text file. A quality of life changer.
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#176I use https://kreya.app/ . It is very lean and the only GUI client not using Electron, I could find.
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#177My version of Postman is to open a Jupyter notebook and >> import requests
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#178Seems both of them are Postman alternative.
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#179Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman
#180Hi I am one of the contributors to Insomnia. You guys are all invited to join our Slack channel and give us suggestions and feedback! https://chat.insomnia.rest/