Alternatives

Products that do what Reqly does

rest-client privacy-first postman-alternative

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   Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman▲758

   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

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   Postman▲182

   Postman is a powerful HTTP client to test REST API

   2014

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   RestHuman▲94

   Simple secure app for API management + testing for humans

   2019

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   Reqres▲131

   A hosted REST-API for testing your front-end against

   2014

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   req▲71

   A lightweight, minimal yet powerful API testing tool

   2022

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   Forward▲123

   Create privacy-focused shortened URLs

   2020

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   SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code▲88

   2021 · slashapi.com

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   RESTful Menu▲114

   A beautiful RESTful client right on the menu bar.

   2018

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   Xplorer▲103

   A Secure, 100% Local API Client

   Nov 2025

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    ReqRes▲87

    A hosted REST-API ready to respond to your AJAX requests.

    2015

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    Reqres – A hosted REST-API for testing your front-end against▲10

    2014 · reqr.es

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    Taplytics Universal API▲117

    Privacy-first experiments & feature flags in any language

    2020

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    Restful.io – a curated list of resources for API developers▲18

    2015 · restful.io

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    Erlang REST framework▲96

    2017 · github.com

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    ApiPrivacy▲88

    AI detects & stops sensitive-data leaks in APIs & apps.

    2024

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    Scheme HTTP server with transparent async – 222k req/s▲17

    Mar 2026 · hyper.dev

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    Req, an HTTP Scripting Language▲9

    2022 · github.com

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    Easily consume REST APIs with Go▲51

    2014 · github.com

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    HTTPLang – a scripting language for making HTTP requests▲44

    2015 · github.com

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    Roley▲26

    API Testing tool built for Teams

    May 2026 · roley.io

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    Lama2 - Plain-Text Powered REST API Client for Teams▲37

    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

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    HttpForge▲3

    Ppen-source, privacy-first API client

    Jul 2026 · httpforge.com

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    Respectlytics - Firebase Alternative▲6

    Privacy-First Mobile Analytics With Built-In Intelligence

    Jan 2026

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    PrivacyStack▲5

    Privacy-first boilerplate for shipping free web tools

    Jan 2026

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