gRPC Alternatives

gRPC is described as 'Modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to gRPC for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome apps. The best gRPC alternative is Postman, which is free. Other great apps like gRPC are Insomnia REST Client, Yaak, HTTP Toolkit and Hoppscotch.

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    This is a tool to manually explore and test HTTP REST webservices. Runs queries from a plain-text query sheet, displays results as a pretty-printed XML, JSON and even images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Emacs
     
  2. TestMace icon
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    Powerful IDE to work with API. Harness the power of scenarios, autocompletion and syntax highlight for API development. Write tests, share code without leaving the comfortable development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. RESTClient can be used to test variety of HTTP communications and RESTful webservices. Friendly GUI, rich functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. RESTer icon
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    A REST client for almost any web service (Firefox and Chrome extension).

    53 RESTer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  5. Apidog icon
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    Design and debug APIs in a powerful visual editor. Describe and debug easily with JSON Schema support. Apidog is a complete set of tools that connects the entire API lifecycle, helping R&D teams implement best practices for API Design-first development.

    42 Apidog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  6.  2 likes

    If you like the interface of HTTPie but miss the features of curl, curlie is what you are searching for. Curlie is a frontend to curl that adds the ease of use of httpie, without compromising on features and performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Requester icon
     4 likes

    HTTP client plugin for Sublime Text with an expansive feature set, modern UX, elegant syntax and first class support for testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. API Test Base is a free tool for integration testing a variety of APIs. It is suitable for Integration, ESB and Microservices testing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Docker
     
  9. Apiman icon
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    apiman is an open source API management layer that streamlines repetitive tasks often required when providing an API, such as implementing security, throttling and billing.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  10. Lama2 icon
     2 likes

    Lama2 defines the human-friendly l2 syntax and CLI for describing and executing APIs. Store your APIs in plain-text files. Collaborate with team using version control (say, git). Run Lama2 directly from VSCode extension. Think of Lama2 as Markdown for APIs.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Assertible icon
     5 likes

    Assertible is the easiest way to test and monitor your APIs and helps reduce bugs in web apps by providing tools to continuously validate endpoints and responses with a flexible interface to run your tests any time and place.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  12. RestCase icon
     1 like

    RestCase is a security-focused API development platform that enables its users to rapidly create secure microservices, mock them in order to start testing, monitor APIs and collaborate on their development and testing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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