httptoolkit VS mockoon

HTTP Toolkit, you will need to install one in your PC and another one in the emulator.

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but if you could side-load on windows this app should work. https://httptoolkit.com/

use https://httptoolkit.com/ but it's getting a bit off-topic :)

I run HTTP Toolkit (https://httptoolkit.com) which passed $2k a couple of years back. No longer a side project, as it's made enough money for me to work on it full time for a fair while now, but it certainly started that way, and it's still a one-man show (plus many wonderful open-source contributors).

I suspect that'll be a common theme in answers here though: if you have a side project making $2k a month, in most of the world that's enough for you to go full-time and try to take it further. If you can make $2k/month on something working only part-time, you can definitely make a lot more if you focus on it.

On your questions: HTTP Toolkit is a desktop app (plus a mobile app and other components for integrations) but it's an Electron app that effectively functions as a SaaS (with a freemium subscription model) that just happens to have a component that runs on your computer. And actually getting to $2k wasn't overnight at all - it took a couple of years of slow steady slog. A few inflection points that made a notable difference (releasing rewriting support & Android support particularly) but mostly it was a matter of "just keep pushing", trusting the trajectory would keep going, and steadily grinding upwards. It's great where it is now, but it's hard work - a solo business is not for the faint of heart!

you can use tools like https://httptoolkit.com/ to check the requests

Mockoon - Used as a logging server instead of using print in the console.

Hopefully, 2024 is the year I can stop freelancing and live the dream! Work on an open-source project I love while not feeling guilty about not bringing enough money home :D

--> https://mockoon.com

The project I'm working on is https://mockoon.com

Mockoon- Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to design and run mock REST APIs.

Startup Name / URL: Mockoon (https://mockoon.com)

If you are looking for something with a GUI, I made https://mockoon.com It's open source, supports Faker.js and has a CLI to run the mocks in your CI env (or elsewhere).

I maintain an open-source app built with Electron. It serves tens of thousands of users every months and nobody complained in 5 years that it is being built with Electron. Not saying that Electron is perfect, and that it couldn't be a bit more performant, but as a solo maintainer (and entrepreneur) it helps me ship something that save people time. The burden of maintaining an application is already huge. Having to juggle with multiple environments would be a hassle and I definitely wouldn't do it.

That being said, if a "drop-in" alternative would be available I would probably try to switch at one point. But the alternative would have to be on par with the ecosystem (including packaging, binaries signing, etc.), the community, the ease of use... I don't think there is such a thing yet.

The app, if you are interested: https://mockoon.com

Company: https://mockoon.com

I recommend Mockoon https://mockoon.com/ it’s simple like Postman without create mock api server with code

This may not be what you're looking for, but have you seen Mockoon?