Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Postmate Client
A Fast, Lightweight REST API Client for VS Code
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Thunder Client▲246Rest API client for VS Code, lightweight Postman alternative
2021 · thunderclient.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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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…
2024 · github.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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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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Real-time collaborative development
2018 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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Elvafree tier, from $100/mo▲303Goodbye, Postman. Your APIs have new consumers
Sep 2026 · getelva.ai · its alternatives →
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Build, test, and document your APIs faster
2016 · postman.com · its alternatives →
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Organize and speed up API development work
2018 · postman.com · 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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Preferral API▲134Implement an invite list with in-built referral via POST API
2020 · 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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Accelerate API development with Postman's all-in-one platform. Streamline collaboration and simplify the API lifecycle for faster, better results. Learn more.
2017 · postmancollections.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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List of awesome API clients. Postman and Insomnia alternatives - stepci/awesome-api-clients
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey developers I think we're tired of copying and pasting our codes and sharing links using PasteBin, GithubGist, or Slack. What if you could share the codes without copying the link and share them right from your favorite editor? That was the motivation for creating TurboGist. Right now, it's still in the MVP stage, and I'm trying to gather feedback from developers like you. It's available as a beta in the VS Code Extension store. Can you guys check this out? It'd help me a lot. You don't need to pay any penny, 100% FREE. However, I'm working on introducing a self-hosted feature. Besides, a…
2025 · turbogist.dev · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · 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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Hey everyone, I've been working on publishing Lama2, a Plain-Text Powered REST API Client for Teams, for the past few months. Initial work on Lama2 started after my dissatisfaction with existing tools such as Postman/Insomnia. I wanted a text-powered and git-friendly system with a lightweight GUI layer on top so that I could onboard beginners/newcomers quickly into my team while also maintaining control over data. Today, we use Lama2 extensively internal to Hexmos; almost every internal code review tends to have a `.l2` API file attached now. It has worked great for us. More about…
2023 · hexmos.com · its alternatives →
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