Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to RESTClient

A debugger for RESTful webservices

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. RESTClient launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1AW
A web debugger an ex-Cloudflare team has been working on for 4 years▲886
Hey HN, I wanted to show you a product a small team and I have been working on for 4 years. https://jam.dev It’s called Jam and it prevents product managers (like I used to be) from being able to create vague and un-reproducible bug tickets (like I used to create). It’s actually really hard as a non-engineer to file useful bug tickets for engineers. Like, sometimes I thought I included a screenshot, but the important information the engineer needed was what was actually right outside the boundary of the screenshot I took. Or I'd write that something "didn't work" but the engineer…
2024 · its alternatives →
2IR
Intercept.rest – Faster API debugging▲89
Sharing an internal tool that accelerated my development work 10-fold, especially with API debugging. Thought fellow developers here might find it useful. As a developer, I often have trouble reproducing errors at the client end. https://intercept.rest lets me debug and monitor API requests and responses. It is similar to the Network tab in Chrome Developer Tools but works for any API: mobile apps, webhooks, frontend etc. After I shared it with a close circle of friends, they found it incredibly useful and even found new use cases, I never imagined. Been a long time lurker here and…
2018 · its alternatives →
3
HTTP Prompt▲128
An interactive command-line HTTP client
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Reqres▲131
A hosted REST-API for testing your front-end against
2014 · its alternatives →
5
Plaid▲157
A REST API for your bank
2014 · plaid.com · its alternatives →
6
Runscope▲115
Automated API Testing and Monitoring
2014 · runscope.com · its alternatives →
7
Restack 2.0▲74
The universal interface & API for connected devices
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Ghost Inspector▲80
Automated browser testing from the cloud
2014 · ghostinspector.com · its alternatives →
9
HTTPDump▲96
A simple, beautiful Webhook debugging tool.
2018 · cyrin.io · its alternatives →
10
StopLight▲94
The easiest way to test, debug, and share your web APIs
2014 · stoplight.io · its alternatives →
11
Cloud Middleman▲85
The only web debugging proxy that runs in the cloud
2017 · its alternatives →
12
SocketCluster▲93
A scalable realtime engine for Node.js
2015 · socketcluster.io · its alternatives →
13
Bugsnag▲96
Automated crash monitoring for web and mobile apps
2014 · bugsnag.com · its alternatives →
14
Visual Debug▲83
A visual feedback tool for better client-dev communication
2023 · visualdebug.com · its alternatives →
15
Programmar▲88
A place for developers to read and write
2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →
16
JS Bin▲3
Collaborative, Javascript Debugging
2015 · jsbin.com · its alternatives →
17
hook▲12
Harbor
2025 · hook-harbor.lovable.app · its alternatives →
18
An assertion library for E2E testing and real user monitoring▲8
Faultsense JS agent — source-available browser instrumentation - Faultsense/faultsense-agent
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
19MF
MVP for sending debug msgs from backend scripts to web-based chat rooms▲7
2017 · upflow.space · its alternatives →
20
Vorlon.JS▲3
An open source tool for remote debugging web apps
2015 · vorlonjs.com · its alternatives →
21JF
JSFiddle for HTTP requests▲10
2017 · rest.secapps.com · its alternatives →
22
a tool for inspecting HTTP callbacks in realtime▲21
2013 · webhookinbox.com · its alternatives →
23
Webhooklogs▲10
The easiest way to debug any request in real-time
2021 · its alternatives →
24TR
Testing RESTful services▲13
2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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