Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Visual Studio Code
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux




RESTer is described as 'A REST client for almost any web service (Firefox and Chrome extension)' and is a API Client in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to RESTer for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best RESTer alternative is Postman, which is free. Other great apps like RESTer are Insomnia REST Client, Yaak, Hoppscotch and HTTPie for Terminal.




Upcoming API testing tool in beta, built in GoLang, supporting HTTP/gRPC, workspaces, environments, request management, and various content types. Features include dark mode, local data storage, Postman import, environment variable setting, and request chaining.




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Treblle is a federated API Intelligence platform delivering full API visibility, security, and control from one integration point.



ArdorQuery is a cross-platform tool for performing any HTTP(S) endpoints like REST API, HTML, Images, GraphQL, OData etc.

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Thunder Client is a hand-crafted lightweight Http Client extension for Visual Studio Code. No separate download needed, Just install the extension from VS Code marketplace.



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.








Kreya is a GUI client for gRPC, REST and WebSocket APIs with innovative features for environments, authorizations and more.




API Tester is the first mobile app to test any type of API on the go. Test REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SOAP, JSON RPC, XML, HTTP, and HTTPS APIs completely for free, on iOS or Android.



