httpie/desktop
🚀 HTTPie Desktop — cross-platform API testing client for humans. Painlessly test REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
35/100
- Activity 12
- Release rhythm 28
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 54
- age_days: 1734
- days_rel: 537
- days_push: 532
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
4031 stars · 61 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
HTTPie Desktop is a cross-platform graphical API testing client for REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs, distributed via this repository as releases for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It brings the user-friendliness of the HTTPie CLI into a GUI with features like workspaces, environments, variables, real-time sync, and export/import of request collections.
Use cases
- test rest apis with a gui client
- send http requests without writing curl commands
- debug graphql endpoints
- manage api request collections and environments
- share and back up api request collections as
- import requests from postman or curl
- parametrize urls with path variables
When to choose
- you want a friendly GUI alternative to curl or Postman for API testing
- you need cross-platform desktop support including Linux AppImage
- you already like HTTPie's CLI ergonomics and want a graphical version
- you need workspaces, environments, and sync across devices
When to avoid
- you need a scriptable CLI-only tool (use HTTPie CLI instead)
- you require fully open-source licensing for the app itself (license is non-standard and the repo only publishes releases)
- you need automated API testing in CI pipelines
- you need a lightweight terminal-based workflow
Facets
application · maturity active
http-client developer-tools gui developer-tools apis web-development windows cross-platform api-testing rest-client graphql-client httpie api-client postman-alternative command-line macos linux desktop
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/httpie/desktop · fetched 2026-08-28 · 27ba9c01a08f
- homepage: https://httpie.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 834014f0aeeb
- site_page: https://httpie.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 094d0ee471f7
- site_page: https://httpie.io/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · bd81b28e4ee3
- site_page: https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0027 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 791601e8f1dd
- site_page: https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0017 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b317c8544eb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| httpie/desktop | main | 35 |
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