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Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by ushakov »

gregwebs wrote: post #168
ushakov wrote: post #159

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If you like hurl, you may also like Step CI, which uses yaml, generates tests from your OpenAPI spec and is easy to integrate with CI/CD Give it a try: https://stepci.com It's free and open-source on GitHub, built by the community! Disclaimer: I'm the original author

Having a startup delay because the cli is written in node is a non starter for me. Hurl is written in Rust and starts up incredibly fast. It looks nice though for those that want to stick with the JS ecosystem though.

I totally understand. I'm a big fan of Rust myself, but we decided to go with TypeScript so we could quicker iterate on ideas and introduce new features. Another reason is that our goal is to be a community-driven project and I think we both can agree that there are far more web developers using JS than any other programming language

Our workflow specs are open-source as well, so if anybody wants to contribute a compatible runner written in other language - you're welcome!

https://github.com/stepci/stepci/blob/main/docs/workflow-syn...

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by langsoul-com »

smt88 wrote: post #183
infotecht wrote: post #166

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I currently use Postman but havent had problems yet, though next week I'm joining an API crew. Your opinion seems strong; could you tell me where you ran into pitfalls with it I should look out for?

Postman is a classic victim of venture funding. It was a great, simple, useful product, and then they had to become a rapid-growth business. The app has been buggy since its first major overhaul, and it now also has incredible feature bloat. It's hard to find what you want, and the UI is constantly pushing you to make use of features you don't want to use. It no longer works well as a scratchpad because they want you…

Postman used to be extremely fast, lightweight. Near instant to open and use. Those were the good days.

Now it's hot garbo.

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by tinodb »

si1entstill wrote: post #68

I switched to "vscode-restclient" about a year ago and never looked back. It has variables, everything is saved as text, and I can commit my request suite to source control for collaboration's sake. https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient

Same here. Usually you just want to make simple queries, and this is a simple text based way to make m.

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by markcollin »

and0 wrote: post #121
Havoc wrote: post #80

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There is also hopscotch - unsure about licensing but it is self hostable

I dug into hoppscotch since my org balked at Postman enterprise costs, but was disappointed. It is open source and can run locally, but it still only talks to their cloud that stores your collections as a logged-in user (or session storage if you're offline). It's definitely a fledgeling commercial project, not a true open-source alternative, though you could fork it easily enough probably. I had been hoping to keep…

You should checkout https://www.github.com/usebruno/bruno they have collections that run on top of a folder that can be synced with git

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by markcollin »

si1entstill wrote: post #68

I switched to "vscode-restclient" about a year ago and never looked back. It has variables, everything is saved as text, and I can commit my request suite to source control for collaboration's sake. https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient

I have been recently trying https://www.github.com/usebruno/bruno and it allows you to use your own version control

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by markcollin »

Nice to the tools come out to save us from postman bloat

I have been recently trying out bruno - https://www.github.com/usebruno/bruno

It allows me to save my collection on my filesystem (as folders and files) and I use git to save them in my private repo

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by jicea »

There are really goods suggestions in this thread, I just made a compilation of all the links posted (at this time):

Restfox https://restfox.dev/

bruno https://github.com/usebruno/bruno

Hoppscotch https://hoppscotch.io/

Hit https://hit.yolo42.com/

HTTP Client https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-c...

Hurl https://hurl.dev

Insomnia https://github.com/Kong/insomnia

Kreya https://kreya.app

Milkman https://github.com/warmuuh/milkman

Nap https://github.com/davesheldon/nap

Paw https://paw.cloud

restclient.el https://github.com/pashky/restclient.el

REST Client https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient

Socketfox https://socketfox.dev

Step CI https://stepci.com

vim-http-client https://github.com/aquach/vim-http-client

vscode-restclient https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient

verb https://github.com/federicotdn/verb

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by jdthedisciple »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #152
jdthedisciple wrote: post #104

Entering "news.ycombinator.com" and pressing send gives me an error.

I'd expect someone from HN to give more descriptive reports than "gives me an error".

You are right and I admit my uh ... error.

Re: Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman

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Post by bbkane »

jicea wrote: post #197

There are really goods suggestions in this thread, I just made a compilation of all the links posted (at this time): Restfox https://restfox.dev/ bruno https://github.com/usebruno/bruno Hoppscotch https://hoppscotch.io/ Hit https://hit.yolo42.com/ HTTP Client https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-c... Hurl https://hurl.dev Insomnia https://github.com/Kong/insomnia Kreya https://kreya.app Milkman…

Saved for the next time I need to test some REST! Thank you!
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