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24 alternatives to req

A lightweight, minimal yet powerful API testing tool

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. req launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Reqres▲131
A hosted REST-API for testing your front-end against
2014 · its alternatives →
2
Reliv▲402
Quickest QA automation for startups
2024 · reliv.ai · its alternatives →
3
ReqBeam – Open Source API Tool▲8
A clean, developer-first way to manage and test your APIs.
Jan 2026 · reqbeam.dev · its alternatives →
4
Apidog▲570
Development teams often struggle with using multiple tools like Postman and Swagger for API design, development, and testing. This fragmented approach leads to outdated API specs and chaotic collaboration. So we built Apidog: a single, unified API platform for team collaboration. It has a beautiful interface that makes it easy to create API spec, generate request data from API spec, validate responses, create mock data, orchestrate test scenarios, and publish API documentation. Apidog = Postman + Swagger + Mock + JMeter.
2024 · apidog.com · its alternatives →
5
Sparrow▲456
The lightest and fastest platform for API testing
2025 · sparrowapp.dev · its alternatives →
6
ReqRes▲87
A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests.
2015 · reqres.in · its alternatives →
7
HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup▲341
Beautiful, cross-platform & open-source tools for debugging, testing and building with HTTP(S), on Windows, Linux & Mac.
2019 · httptoolkit.tech · its alternatives →
8
Testing REST, GraphQL APIs▲14
:boom: Test REST, GraphQL APIs. Contribute to kiranz/just-api development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Reqres – A hosted REST-API for testing your front-end against▲10
2014 · reqr.es · its alternatives →
10
Declarative Testing Framework for REST, GraphQL APIs▲45
:boom: Test REST, GraphQL APIs. Contribute to kiranz/just-api development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
ReqTest▲12
Powered api testing that actually gets you
2025 · its alternatives →
12
HttpMaster▲82
Simple and practical tool for testing web apps & services
2018 · httpmaster.net · its alternatives →
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Request▲5
Minimal HTTP Client for restful API development and testing.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
API Tester▲209
The easiest way to test APIs
2017 · its alternatives →
15
Req, an HTTP Scripting Language▲9
A simple and opinionated HTTP scripting language. Contribute to andrewpillar/req development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Reky▲78
API development platform & response visualizer
2021 · reky.org · its alternatives →
17
HTTP Response API▲102
Test how your code reacts to varying HTTP responses
2023 · http.codes · its alternatives →
18
Reffresh▲91
Simple, no code, mock APIs
2024 · reffresh.com · its alternatives →
19
ReqBin▲5
Post HTTP Requests Online
2020 · reqbin.com · its alternatives →
20QG
Quickly generate REST API (for Postgres db)▲70
2019 · its alternatives →
21
ApiHome▲73
Home of API testing
2022 · apihome.io · its alternatives →
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Reqsave▲82
API & request platform to share & explore
2021 · its alternatives →
23
WebTestIt▲101
A free lightweight IDE optimized for building UI web tests.
2020 · sencha.com · its alternatives →
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ReqHub▲6
ReqHub is the developer-friendly API marketplace.
2025 · its alternatives →

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