httpyac
Command Line Interface for *.http and *.rest files. Connect with http, gRPC, WebSocket and MQTT (by AnWeber)
desktop
🚀 HTTPie Desktop — cross-platform API testing client for humans. Painlessly test REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs. (by httpie)
| httpyac | desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 11 | |
| 839 | 3,877 | |
| 3.3% | 0.0% | |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | |
| 3 months ago | about 1 year ago | |
| TypeScript | ||
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
httpyac
Posts with mentions or reviews of httpyac.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-05-21.
- Slumber a TUI HTTP Client
- Meet httpOwl: Run HTTP Requests From Any Webpage
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The 2025 Guide to Postman's Most Powerful Alternatives! Top 30 Free API Tools
Website: httpYac Git: https://github.com/AnWeber/httpyac
- Quickly and easily send REST, SOAP, GraphQL and gRPC requests
- Show HN: Yaak – An Open Source, Git-Friendly Desktop API Client
- Beyond OpenAPI
- Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text
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Hoppscotch: Open-Source Alternative to Postman
There's also https://httpyac.github.io/ which has both standalone CLI and VS Code extension versions – might be interesting to explore.
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Postman Now Supports gRPC
Here is the github repo for httpyac [1]. Not sure why it's not part of the httpyac org that hosts the site.
[1] https://github.com/AnWeber/httpyac
desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-08.
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HTTPie Desktop: cross-platform API testing client for humans
Here I suppose?
https://github.com/httpie/desktop/archive/refs/tags/v2023.3....
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Changelog #0024 — ✨️ Improved variables and more
Check out what’s new in HTTPie for Web & Desktop 2023.3.0, and HTTPie for Terminal 3.2.2 👇
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Changelog #0023 — 🛠️ Internal refactoring and improvements
HTTPie for Web & Desktop v2023.2.x is out, and it’s probably our biggest release yet — regarding lines of code changed, anyway!
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Changelog #0022 — 🪄 HTTPie AI assistant, methods in tabs, and more
Happy new year! 🥳 Let’s start it with a new release of HTTPie for Web & Desktop. Check out what we shipped v2023.1.0 👇
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Changelog #0021 — 📯 Advanced import, GraphQL schema support, and more
Hello, API World! Check out what we shipped in v2022.16.0 of HTTPie for Web & Desktop 👇
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Changelog #0020 — 🔦 Data filtering, search & replace, RegExp, and more
Hello, API World! We’re back with a new release of HTTPie for Web & Desktop, the API testing client that you’ll enjoy using. Last time, we hinted at additional tools for navigating and processing data. And that’s been our theme for this release. Check out what we shipped in v2022.15.0👇
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Changelog #0019 — 🖐️ Library ordering, search, keyboard shortcuts, and more
The theme of this release is developer productivity and streamlining the overall experience. Check out what we shipped in v2022.14.0👇
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Changelog #0018 — 🚀 GraphQL, custom HTTP method, interactive URLs, and more
Hello, API World! After launching in public beta earlier this month, we’re back with more news on HTTPie for Web & Desktop. Check out the API testing improvements we’ve shipped in v2022.12.0 and v2022.13.0 since then 👇
- Hoppscotch: Open-Source Alternative to Postman
What are some alternatives?
When comparing httpyac and desktop you can also consider the following projects:
httptoolkit - HTTP Toolkit is a beautiful & open-source tool for debugging, testing and building with HTTP(S) on Windows, Linux & Mac :tada: Open an issue here to give feedback or ask for help.
vscode-httpyac - Quickly and easily send REST, Soap, GraphQL, GRPC, MQTT and WebSocket requests directly within Visual Studio Code
restclient.el - HTTP REST client tool for emacs
nightingale-rest-api-client - A modern, resource-efficient REST API client for Windows
ob-restclient.el - An org-mode extension to restclient.el
httpie - 🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.