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Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Re: Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Post by creesch »

est wrote: post #7

Am I the only one who use CURL over such tools? I don't want a 300MB electron client doing GET/POST work, especially those with hidden telemetry on.

This is one application where I simply prefer a GUI for most of the use cases. All the various components of an HTTP call are visually better represented as far as I am concerned. Often enough it is also specifically the payload on both sides I am specifically interested in and viewing them side by side and making quick adjustments is just my personal preferences.

In the year 2024 with 8 cores, 32gb of ram and 4tb of storage available the electron overhead generally also doesn't really matter that much to me. Though this doesn't seem to be an electron app either, rather a PWA. Which makes me wonder how well it works with all CORS limitations you are facing in the browser.

Not that I have anything against CURL either, when I am working in a CLI (for example on a server) it is the perfect tool.

Re: Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Post by paradite »

037 wrote: post #34

If you use a VSCode-based editor, a good alternative can be the "REST Client" extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.re... I’ve been burned a few times by these clients — difficult backups, changing licensing/commercial terms, hard to version — so now I prefer a few simple .http files that I can version in Git and easily read, even if the extension disappears.

Can you save the full request details and full response details in one click as one file with this extension?

This is the feature I use the most.

Re: Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Post by XorNot »

est wrote: post #7

Am I the only one who use CURL over such tools? I don't want a 300MB electron client doing GET/POST work, especially those with hidden telemetry on.

I use a jupyter notebook and Python with requests.

The problem with all these tools is you pretty quickly end up basically wanting full programmability...at which point, Python is just easier and more flexible.

Combine that with uv for on-demand script dependencies and it's also completely shareable and manageable.

Re: Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Post by 037 »

paradite wrote: post #42
037 wrote: post #34

If you use a VSCode-based editor, a good alternative can be the "REST Client" extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.re... I’ve been burned a few times by these clients — difficult backups, changing licensing/commercial terms, hard to version — so now I prefer a few simple .http files that I can version in Git and easily read, even if the extension disappears.

Can you save the full request details and full response details in one click as one file with this extension? This is the feature I use the most.

Just tried. You can save the full response to a single file with one click, but it doesn’t include the original request.

I found an issue asking for the same feature: https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient/issues/1311

Re: Hoppscotch: Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia

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Post by vault »

that_guy_iain wrote: post #32
DrBenCarson wrote: post #3

The industry has largely moved to [Bruno]( https://github.com/usebruno/bruno )

The industry being who? Because this is the first time I've heard of Bruno? And what does it do that the others don't?

You should ask instead "What does it NOT do that the others do?"
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