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Offline-First Minimalistic HTTP & Socket Testing Client for the Web & Desktop

15 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 3 stories, 12 comments · first 2022-08-31 · latest 2025-10-21

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  1. …and the app also allows you to export back to Postman collections. Disclaimer: I maintain it. [1] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
    comment by kermire · 2025-10-21 · in Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down
  2. …using restfox, OSS and in browser, it does the job well. * web app: https://restfox.dev/ * repo: https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
    comment by sberder · 2024-03-10 · in Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)
  3. …https://httpie.io/product https://github.com/sharat87/prestige https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox https://hoppscotch.io/ https://github.com/getezy/ezy
    comment by user3939382 · 2023-11-09 · in Hoppscotch desktop application
  4. I'm pretty sure restfox ( https://restfox.dev ) was shared on HN before. Very similar to postman. https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
    comment by sberder · 2023-10-02 · in Bruno: Open-Source IDE for Exploring and Testing APIs
  5. …I'd recommend Restfox or Bruno and ezy for gRPC. Hurl and Step CI for automated testing Restfox: https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox Bruno: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno ezy: https://github.com/getezy/ezy Step CI:…
    comment by typosaur · 2023-09-29 · in Insomnium – Local, privacy-focused fork of Insomnia API client
  6. Restfox has analytics with no opt out currently for anyone who cares.[1] [1] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox/issues/62
    comment by pseudalopex · 2023-09-28 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account
  7. https://github.com/usebruno/bruno , https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch , https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox If you want a more minimal solution/CLI https://github.com/httpie/cli and https://github.com/ducaale/xh work
    comment by byyll · 2023-09-28 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account
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    Ask HN: Alternatives to Insomnia?
    story by nzach · 2023-09-28 · 3 comments
  9. Restfox [1] has a similar UI to insomnia and works well. Not affiliated with Restfox [1] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
    comment by joeyhage · 2023-09-27 · in Insomnia REST client now requires an account
  10. …much money because the space isn't exactly hard to enter. [1] https://github.com/Kong/insomnia [2] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
    comment by ApolloFortyNine · 2022-12-08 · in Airtable lays off over 250
  11. You can try https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox . It's a web based HTTP client based on Postman and Insomnia. Disclaimer: I'm the maintainer for it.
    comment by kermire · 2022-12-08 · in Show HN: Ezy – open-source gRPC client, alternative to Postman and Insomnia
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    Restfox: Offline-first web HTTP client
    story by kevinslin · 2022-10-31 · 0 comments
  13. …(24.2k stars, 2017, React): https://github.com/Kong/insomnia Restfox (405 stars, 2022, Vue): https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox bruno (30 stars, 2022, Tauri, Electron, Next): https://github.com/usebruno/bruno --- You can find more…
    comment by culi · 2022-10-22 · in Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman
  14. …api to get around the (good and reasonable) security constraints on web pages loaded over http: https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox/tree/main/packages/b...
    comment by replygirl · 2022-10-21 · in Show HN: Restfox – Open source lightweight alternative to Postman
  15. ▲ 3
    Show HN: Restfox – A web based HTTP client inspired by Insomnia and Postman
    story by kermire · 2022-08-31 · 4 comments