[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":811},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-33287137":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":64,"maker_in_thread":227,"shape":239,"grid":243,"attempts":770,"same_week":775,"maker_shows":39,"maker_hidden":803,"reader_version":804,"card":805},"33287137","Restfox","Open source lightweight alternative to Postman","title","Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman","https:\u002F\u002Frestfox.dev","restfox.dev","kermire",1666353991,2022,758,182,17,2570,1,"legend","dev_tools","api client","web_app",[24,21,25,26],"postman alternative","rest client","open source api testing","curious",0.014,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},8,23,4,7,42,{"design":36,"execution":38,"idea":41,"performance":43,"docs":44},{"positive":37,"critical":18},3,{"positive":39,"critical":40},2,6,{"positive":18,"critical":42},0,{"positive":18,"critical":42},{"positive":42,"critical":42},[46,37,42,42,42,37,37,39,37,42,46,42,42,42,32,37,18,39,37,18,39,46,42,42,42,42,42,42,46,42,37,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,37,18],5,"Last time I posted this it didn't garner much interest. There have been lots of improvements and fixes since the last release.\n\nQuick list of features:\n\n\n```\n  - Workspaces\n  - Tabs\n  - Nested Folders\n  - Lots of context menus\n  - Response history\n  - Plugins\n  - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary\n  - Chrome and Firefox extension to bypass CORS restrictions\n  - Desktop builds for all platforms\n  - GraphQL support\n  - Import collections exported from Postman and Insomnia\n  - Simple user friendly interface\n\n```\n\nI built this because I love Insomnia but wanted a portable vers",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":55,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":55,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":63},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Postman's bloated interface and slow startup times","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",null,{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Loves Insomnia but wanted a portable version that runs in the browser",[59],{"id":54},[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":65,"objections":88,"requests":130,"questions":163,"alternatives":182},[66,74,81],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Open source alternative to Postman is valuable","commenter",[70],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"33288055","mch82","Cool project! A true, open source alternative to Postman will be valuable. It seems like you’ve got the major elements in place. Unsolicited UX notes… I read Hacker News on…",{"value":75,"source":68,"evidence":76},"Offline operation is critical",[77],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"33288567","Zamicol","The offline part is critical for me. The only other thing I would prefer is an application that doesn't use Electron.",{"value":82,"source":68,"evidence":83},"Auto-saving is a big improvement over Postman",[84],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"33313766","ndimares","Wha's always boggled me about Postman is that it doesn't have autosave. It's 2022, what doesn't have autosaving? So thank you for adding auto-saving, huge improvement on Postman!",[89,100,108,115,126],{"value":90,"source":68,"evidence":91},"Fails on many requests with errors (e.g. Google, news.ycombinator.com)",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"33291411","npalli","Tried to just GET www.google.com; says error and suggests bypassing with some plugins. Don't think I want to continue further.",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"33290739","jdthedisciple","Entering \"news.ycombinator.com\" and pressing send gives me an error.",{"value":101,"source":68,"evidence":102},"Not usable on mobile",[103,107],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"33289064","Avlin67","it is completly garbage on mobile",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"value":109,"source":68,"evidence":110},"Right-click-only actions are hard to discover",[111],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"33288537","jhoelzel","I like it but please dont make me right click to do something! please add a little plus or something like it. Otherwise great work! needs a little disclaimer though that you will…",{"value":116,"source":68,"evidence":117},"Cannot paste into URL bar; page not working in Firefox",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"33288927","snehesht","Noticed a small bug, I can't paste into the URL bar.",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"33287925","Snacklive","Page is not working for me. I'm in Firefox",{"value":127,"source":68,"evidence":128},"Electron-free requirement not met",[129],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},[131,138,145,152,159],{"value":132,"source":68,"evidence":133},"WebSocket support",[134],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"33290757","sphars","Any chance of the ability to do web sockets? Postman has started supporting this recently (in beta) but I really don't want to use Postman. Any other suggestions for web socket…",{"value":139,"source":68,"evidence":140},"Import and export of curl commands",[141],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"33288117","gquiniou","A nice feature would be import and export from\u002Fto Curl commands. When collaborating with clients or even colleagues it's easier to send curl commands.",{"value":146,"source":68,"evidence":147},"Team sync and shared workspace access",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"33295715","mmis1000","I think the whole point of people still use postman today is a easy way the sync between users or manage user that have access to the workspace. There are a lot of alternatives…",{"value":153,"source":68,"evidence":154},"Client certificate support",[155],{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"33300695","compuguy","This certainly looks promising, though the only thing I can see its missing that Postman does is allowing the use of domain specific certificate authentication and the use of a…",{"value":160,"source":68,"evidence":161},"Responsive mobile layout",[162],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},[164,175],{"value":165,"source":68,"evidence":166},"How does it compare to Hoppscotch or Insomnia?",[167,171],{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"33287516","NayamAmarshe","Why should I use this over https:\u002F\u002Fhoppscotch.io ?",{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"33294752","maxloh","What's the difference between Restfox and https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FKong\u002Finsomnia ? Seems both of them are Postman alternative.",{"value":176,"source":68,"evidence":177},"Can it ignore the cache?",[178],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"33290132","jcuenod","Is there a way to get it to ignore the cache?",[183,191,202,213,220],{"value":184,"source":68,"evidence":185},"Insomnia",[186,190],{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"33288050","philliphaydon","I switched to insomnia when postman changed their pricing pulling the rug out from everyone wanting us to pay like $300 more per month. (Before they back tracked)…",{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},{"value":192,"source":68,"evidence":193},"Hoppscotch",[194,198],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"33291871","simjnd","Hoppscotch [1][2] (previously Postwoman) is also a very nice free and open-source Postman alternative. [1]: https:\u002F\u002Fhoppscotch.io\u002F [2]: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fhoppscotch\u002Fhoppscotch",{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"33287495","mrcaramelpants","Nice, I wonder how it compares to hoppscotch.io",{"value":203,"source":68,"evidence":204},"VS Code REST Client",[205,209],{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"33288760","si1entstill","I switched to \"vscode-restclient\" about a year ago and never looked back. It has variables, everything is saved as text, and I can commit my request suite to source control for…",{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"33288736","jetter","If you are a minimalist, and are using VS Code, try https:\u002F\u002Fmarketplace.visualstudio.com\u002Fitems?itemName=humao.rest-client which is a pure text syntax to describe API requests,…",{"value":214,"source":68,"evidence":215},"Bruno",[216],{"id":217,"by":218,"text":219},"33296833","markcollin","Nice to the tools come out to save us from postman bloat I have been recently trying out bruno - https:\u002F\u002Fwww.github.com\u002Fusebruno\u002Fbruno It allows me to save my collection on my…",{"value":221,"source":68,"evidence":222},"Paw",[223],{"id":224,"by":225,"text":226},"33287612","HatchedLake721","Switched away from Postman to a native Mac app and my RAM couldn't be happier (https:\u002F\u002Fpaw.cloud)",{"comments":228,"answered":39,"key":229},9,[230,233,236],{"id":231,"text":232},"33288151","Thank you. The UI is not currently built with mobile in mind. I have been thinking of implementing a responsive layout but haven't had the time to do it. I did not know about the…",{"id":234,"text":235},"33288167","That's very odd. Will look into this.",{"id":237,"text":238},"33292819","I'm using the fetch API for making requests and fetch sadly forbids the Cookie header from getting passed. 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