Api Quest AlternativesAPI & HTTP Clients like Api Quest

Api Quest is described as 'Desktop application designed for executing HTTP requests, storing them on the local file system, and providing portability. Whether you're a developer, QA or system engineer, this tool offers solution for handling HTTP requests effectively' and is a API Client in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Api Quest for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Api Quest alternative is Bruno, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Api Quest are Postman, Insomnia REST Client, Insomnium and Tiger API Client.

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  1. Bruno icon
     57 likes

    Lightweight open source API client offering offline API testing, local filesystem storage via plain text, version control compatibility with git, intuitive request management, privacy-first design, cross-platform support, minimal resource usage, and community-driven development.

    53 Bruno alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Visual Studio Code
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  2. Postman icon
     186 likes

    Postman is a collaborative platform for API development that provides extensive tools for designing, testing, and documenting APIs. It allows API verification through requests, automated testing via Collection Runner, and offers both free and paid plans, catering to individuals and teams.

    121 Postman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
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  3. A powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.

    106 Insomnia REST Client alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. Insomnium icon
     18 likes

    Insomnium is a fast local API testing tool that is privacy-focused and 100% local. For testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets and gRPC. This is a fork of Kong/insomnia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Free, open source, git-native API client. A local-first, account-free Postman alternative with a built-in MCP server, SOAP/GraphQL, request chaining and performance runs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Voiden.md icon
     7 likes

    Voiden.md is an offline-first, Git-native API workspace that unifies specs, docs, tests, and mocks using programmable Markdown blocks. Build APIs the way you actually work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. soapUI icon
     59 likes

    Eviware, the maker of soapUI, Web Service Testing Leader

    soapUI is a tool for functional testing, mainly of web services like SOAP based web services and RESTful web services, but also HTTP based services and JMS Services as well as databases. soapUI is an open source and compl.

    89 soapUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  8. DevTools icon
     1 like

    A free, open-source Postman-style API tester you run locally. Record browser requests, auto-generate chained tests, and ship them straight to your CI—no sign-ups, no cloud, just code.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
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  9. Cartero icon
     5 likes

    Cartero is a graphical HTTP client that can be used as a developer tool to test web APIs and perform all kind of HTTP requests to web servers. It is compatible with any REST, SOAP or XML-RPC API and it supports multiple request methods as well as attaching body payloads to...

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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Mac
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  10. Zaku icon
     1 like

    Zaku is a native Rust, local-first, open-source API client engineered for speed and productivity.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. NativeRest icon
     97 likes

    Native desktop app for Windows offers high-performance REST and HTTP API testing, low memory and CPU use, custom methods, portable version, proxy support, multiple environments, code generation, multilingual interface, and import/export in light or dark themes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    The modern API client that lives in your terminal.

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    • Python
    • BSD
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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