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API clients

6 listings are ranked by release freshness and adoption until verified reviews arrive; then review quality, volume and vendor responsiveness join the score. Open any row to see its receipt. See the formula

  • 4 fresh released in the last 90 days
  • 0 aging no release for 90 to 179 days
  • 1 stale no release for 180 days or more

6 ranked listings

  1. Hoppscotch

    Browser-based API development client for REST, GraphQL, WebSocket and realtime protocols.

    Hoppscotch No reviews yet Open source Linux macOS Windows Web
    Updated 52 days ago
    1 93.1 =
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    #15 overall · #1 in category
    93.1/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +32.7 93.4 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +20.4 81.7 × 25%
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  2. Bruno

    Offline desktop API client that stores request collections as plain text files in the project repository.

    Bruno No reviews yet Open source Linux macOS Windows
    Updated 56 days ago
    2 91.7 =
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    #29 overall · #2 in category
    91.7/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +32.3 92.2 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +19.5 77.9 × 25%
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  3. Insomnia

    Insomnia is an API collaboration platform by Kong Inc. for testing and debugging APIs on macOS and Windows.

    Kong Inc. No reviews yet Free plan macOS Windows
    Updated 72 days ago
    3 83.8 =
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    Rank receipt: Insomnia
    #75 overall · #3 in category
    83.8/100
    1. Platform readiness +34.0 85.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +30.6 87.5 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +19.2 76.7 × 25%
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  4. Proxyman

    Native and high-performance HTTP debugging proxy to capture, inspect and modify HTTP and HTTPS traffic on macOS, Windows, Linux and mobile.

    Proxyman LLC No reviews yet Free plan macOS Windows Linux iOS Android
    Updated 39 days ago
    4 74.1 =
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    #182 overall · #4 in category
    74.1/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +34.1 97.3 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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  5. HTTPie

    HTTPie is an API testing client available as a terminal tool, desktop app, and web app for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    HTTPie Corp. No reviews yet Free plan Web
    Stale: 734 days without a release
    5 43.1 =
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    #268 overall · #5 in category
    43.1/100
    1. Platform readiness +24.0 60.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +19.1 76.4 × 25%
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  6. Postman

    Collaborative API development platform for building, testing, documenting and sharing REST, GraphQL and gRPC APIs.

    Postman Inc. No reviews yet Free plan Windows macOS Linux Web
    No dated release history published
    6 40.0 =
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    #402 overall · #6 in category
    40.0/100
    1. Platform readiness +40.0 100.0 × 40%
    2. Release freshness +0.0 0.0 × 35%
    3. Adoption signals +0.0 0.0 × 25%
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