# httpie/http-prompt

An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie

Repository: https://github.com/httpie/http-prompt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/http-prompt
Homepage: https://http-prompt.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: http-client, cli, rest-api, developer-tools, autocomplete, syntax-highlighting, http, development, web-development, json, python, shell, terminal, api, api-cli, api-testing, httpie
Last push: 2024-05-21T06:03:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3801, "days_push": 834, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9108, forks 345 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.433117+00:00)

## What it is
HTTP Prompt is an interactive command-line HTTP client built on top of HTTPie and prompt_toolkit, featuring fuzzy autocomplete, syntax highlighting, persistent sessions, and OpenAPI/Swagger exploration. It lets users build and send HTTP requests with HTTPie syntax inside a shell-like REPL with cd/ls navigation of API endpoints.

## Use cases
- test REST APIs interactively from the terminal
- explore an API using an OpenAPI/Swagger spec with ls and cd
- avoid memorizing curl or HTTPie argument syntax
- send HTTP requests with autocomplete and syntax highlighting
- persist HTTP session state and cookies between commands
- pipe API responses into jq and other shell tools

## When to choose
- you want an interactive REPL-style HTTP client instead of one-shot curl commands
- you already use HTTPie and want autocomplete, sessions, and endpoint exploration
- you need to explore an API documented with OpenAPI/Swagger from the terminal

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI API client like Postman or Insomnia
- you only need simple one-off requests, where plain curl or httpie suffices
- you need HTTP/2 or advanced HTTPie syntax, which are still on the roadmap

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, apis, web-development
- platform: cli, python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: httpie, api-testing, rest-client, autocomplete, syntax-highlighting, openapi, interactive-shell, terminal, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- httpie/http-prompt (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.433117+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:57.946968+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/httpie/http-prompt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.433117+00:00, sha 41ee5ac774c6)
  - homepage: https://http-prompt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:45.518789+00:00, sha ac8557687cda)
  - site_page: http://docs.http-prompt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:45.521613+00:00, sha c1850fc8531b)
  - site_page: http://docs.http-prompt.com/en/latest/user-guide.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:45.523450+00:00, sha d21f4ab51ad1)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/http-prompt/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:45.525510+00:00, sha c61b0638bdc6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.