Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Posting v1 – The modern HTTP client that lives in your terminal
Hi HN! I just released version 1.0 of Posting, an open source terminal application I've been working on which you might find useful if you work with, test, or develop HTTP APIs! Posting (https://github.com/darrenburns/posting) is an HTTP client, not unlike Postman and Insomnia. However, as a TUI application, it works over SSH and enables efficient keyboard-centric workflows. Your requests are stored locally in simple readable YAML files, meaning they're easy to read and version control. Some other features include: - "Jump mode" navigation - Environments/variables…
Posting is an open-source terminal HTTP client designed for developers who test and build APIs. Unlike browser-based alternatives, it runs in the terminal and works over SSH, supporting keyboard-driven workflows.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Posting v1 – The modern HTTP client that lives in your terminal launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Build, test, and document your APIs faster
2016 · postman.com · its alternatives →
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Postman▲182Postman is a powerful HTTP client to test REST API
2014 · postman.com · its alternatives →
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Last time I posted this it didn't garner much interest. There have been lots of improvements and fixes since the last release. Quick list of features: - Workspaces - Tabs - Nested Folders - Lots of context menus - Response history - Plugins - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary - Chrome and Firefox extension to bypass CORS restrictions - Desktop builds for all platforms - GraphQL support - Import collections exported from Postman and Insomnia - Simple user friendly interface I built this because I love Insomnia but wanted a portable version that I could run in the…
2022 · restfox.dev · its alternatives →
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Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. Contribute to ducaale/xh development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Endpoints.dev is for sale on Spaceship. Secure checkout and quick transfer. See all purchase options. No hidden fees.
2020 · endpoints.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Greg and I've been working on Yaak for just over a year. I usually describe it as a Postman alternative since most developers are familiar with that, but it's targeted more toward users that just want an API client (no mocking, testing, spec design, etc). Having also created Insomnia for a similar purpose, I never thought I'd build another API client again. But, after selling Insomnia in 2019 and watching it expand into the broader feature set of Postman, I was left wanting a simpler tool again. Yaak was my answer to that. It's hard to describe how it's better than the 100 other…
2025 · yaak.app · its alternatives →
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I shared a previous version of yapi a few months ago in the comments section of a post talking about the insanity of Postman being 'down'. yapi has developed into a more mature project since then! https://github.com/jamierpond/yapi Still very early, but it makes me much more productive vs Postman, Bruno, Insomnia, etc. If youre a nvim/tmux culture human, you might like this!
Dec 2025 · yapi.run · its alternatives →
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Postwoman 👽 - API request builder https://liyasthomas.github.io/postwoman Feel free to contribute on GitHub 💚 https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman...
2019 · indiehackers.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · httpposttool.com · its alternatives →
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Making APIs simple and intuitive for makers around the world
2021 · httpie.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Aldin here, a helping hand to Voiden (https://voiden.md) Voiden is a free, offline, Git-native API client. Your API definitions, docs, and tests all live together. It came out of years of frustration: cloud sync lock-in, paywalled basics, bloated UIs, and lag on even simple requests. So the team built the opposite: an offline tool with no login, no telemetry, no lock-in. Just markdown and hotkeys. It behaves like code: local files, git branches, no cloud nonsense. Terminal is built-in, so you can commit, diff, and push changes right from the app. Docs stay close to your…
2025 · voiden.md · its alternatives →
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Introducing Posthorn, a self hosted email gateway. One docker container (or Go binary) between every self hosted app on your VPS and your transactional email provider. Set up Posthorn once, point your apps to it, done. I was trying to deploy Ghost on a DigitalOcean droplet and found that DO and many different VPS services have started to block the default SMTP ports to try to combat the various types of abuse they get. To actually configure my app, I had to hack together a Postfix relay. In another project, I had a static site which had a contact form, but my free Formspree account was…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fetch Client▲78REST client extension for VS code, alternative to Postman
2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Karve▲71Not much to say. I work on windows, I hate postman, I need to manage bunch of .http files across multiple repositories. So I built a fast and native tool for myself and published it if you want to try it too. Any feedback would be nice, I really want it to be The obvious native Windows home for .http files
Aug 2026 · karve.dev · its alternatives →
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A Fast, Lightweight REST API Client for VS Code
2025 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Terminal API client for HTTP, GraphQL and gRPC. Plain .http files you can diff and version, with workflows, mocks, profiling, tracing, OpenAPI import, SSH tunnels, Kubernetes port-forwards, WebSocket, SSE and a CLI runner. - unkn0wn-root/resterm
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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First HTTP programming language
2025 · httl.dev · its alternatives →
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