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Re: Show HN: Open-source Postman alternative with type safety

#11

It seems postman has put collections behind a paywall so timing for this is great. Does ReceipeUI manage secrets or have some suggestions to deal with this to avoid things leaking into shared cloud storage?

Storing secrets in the cloud has been a top concern for me, which is why we don't do it and one of the main reasons why the code is open sourced.

Currently secrets are just stored locally on desktop and web via IndexDB. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this as well!

Re: Show HN: Open-source Postman alternative with type safety

#14
Excited to try this out. A couple things I just noticed:

- the buttons on the download page aren't readable in Orion browser (basically Safari) on desktop. The buttons appear empty as the contents are rendered several rems below, overlapping the text "See more options on Github". Disabling the style `.btn { flex-wrap: wrap; }` in the inspector fixes it for me, but I see animations and transitions attached to this class so I'd suspect those might be the root cause bc nothing else looks strange.

- After I downloaded for Mac Apple Chip and started up the software, it says it's several versions out of date and asks if it can update itself. While I'm glad it was able to do so instead of sending me back to the website, it's a strange experience.

Re: Show HN: Open-source Postman alternative with type safety

#16
post #14

Excited to try this out. A couple things I just noticed: - the buttons on the download page aren't readable in Orion browser (basically Safari) on desktop. The buttons appear empty as the contents are rendered several rems below, overlapping the text "See more options on Github". Disabling the style `.btn { flex-wrap: wrap; }` in the inspector fixes it for me, but I see animations and transitions attached to this cla…

Really nice embarrassing catches, thank you for flagging and debugging!!! Patch fixed both of these :)

Re: Show HN: Open-source Postman alternative with type safety

#17
post #15

Another alternative I've been meaning to try out: https://restfox.dev/

So comparing the two...

Unique to Restfox

- a nice "beautify json" button

- in addition to response code and time, shows size and exact timestamp of response

- Can drag and drop to reorganize folders and items in sidebar

Unique to RecipeUI

- TypeScript interface definitions

- Generates cURL, Javascript and Python code snippets you can copy

Probably other things, but these are what stood out.

Re: Show HN: Open-source Postman alternative with type safety

#20

Have you seen hoppscotch[1]? They have been my postman alternative for quite some time now. [1] https://hoppscotch.io

Hoppscotch is great! We have the same mindset as the founder that most API tools are outdated and were built a long time ago.

Many API tools are lightweight reskins of Postman and we truly wanted to offer something different. Which is why we're leading with a type-safety angle and we're looking to innovate with other ideas! +1 to @easygenes comment's below

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