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Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by charlie0 on Monday October 20, 2025 @09:25PM (#45651468)
I'm looking at alternatives that are guarantee to work locally and only found the following:

Posting.sh -> Postman imports are experimental which makes it a non-starter for people like myself with large Postman collections. TUI only also makes it harder to switch.

Insomnia -> Owned by another large tech company.

Yaak -> Made by the same guy who created AND SOLD Insomnia above. Not exactly comforting to switch over for. How long till this one also gets sold?

Any other great local tools out there? I would like to be done with Postman.

Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by nicolas_ on Monday October 20, 2025 @09:32PM (#45651503)
There’s also Bruno!

« Offline only - We take security and privacy seriously. Bruno is an offline tool and there is no syncing of your data to any cloud »

https://www.usebruno.com/

Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by eYrKEC2 on Monday October 20, 2025 @10:11PM (#45651698)
I use a simple bash script:

    #!/bin/bash -x

    TOK="my-jwt-tok"

    case "$1" in
        get-foo)
            curl -H "header: bearer $TOK" "http://www.example.com/foo" | jq .
            ;;

        post-bar)
            curl \
              -H "header: bearer $TOK" "http://www.example.com/bar" \
              -H "content-type: application/json" \
              --data-raw '{"baz":"bap"}'

            ;;  
        *)
            ;;  

    esac
used like:

    ./example.bash get-foo

I know it doesn't have the functionality of postman, but this is how I build up interactions with a new API.
Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by liqilin1567 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:18AM (#45653299)
I would like to put the request body into a file and use it with `@file.json`.
Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by CommonGuy on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @01:09AM (#45652653)
I'm one of the creators of Kreya [1]. We were one (or the) first to support a fully-offline, git-centric local data storage in this space.

Kreya is privacy-first since its first commit five years ago, since we were fed up with Postman and Insomnia. Happy to answer any questions

[1] https://kreya.app

Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by kermire on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:25AM (#45653340)
Restfox [1] is worth checking out. It's fully offline and lets you version control your collections with git or any sync tool you prefer. The postman import is well tested and the app also allows you to export back to Postman collections.

Disclaimer: I maintain it.

[1] https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox

Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by krolley on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @04:22AM (#45653650)
I ctrl+f'ed to find Restfox to also give my recommendation. It's a great tool, thanks for maintaining it! :-)
Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by karunamurti on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:46AM (#45653454)
I just memorized curl like a lunatic.
Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by dsego on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @04:06AM (#45653570)
RapidAPI for Mac, formerly Paw, it's free for individuals.

https://paw.cloud/

Re:Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is... by jonrosner on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @04:07AM (#45653582)
Self host Yaade. If you dont have a server run it locally in a Docker container.