mmattozzi/cocoa-rest-client

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2369 stars · 205 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

CocoaRestClient is a free, native macOS application for testing and debugging HTTP/REST endpoints, built in Objective-C. It offers a lightweight GUI for making requests with headers, auth, and bodies, and pretty-prints JSON, XML, and MsgPack responses.

Use cases

• test REST API endpoints on macOS
• pretty print JSON and XML API responses
• save and reuse HTTP requests with headers and bodies
• send POST and PUT requests with form data or file uploads
• compare two API responses with a unified diff
• test endpoints with basic or digest authentication

When to choose

• you want a lightweight native Mac GUI alternative to curl for API testing
• you need to save and organize frequently used HTTP requests
• you want pretty-printed JSON/XML responses and response latency reporting

When to avoid

• you need a cross-platform tool that runs on Linux or Windows
• you need scripted or automated API testing in CI
• you need advanced features like GraphQL, gRPC, or environment variables found in tools like Postman or Insomnia

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

http-client developer-tools gui developer-tools apis web-development apple-ecosystem rest-client api-testing http-debugging objective-c native-app curl-alternative macos desktop

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