# requestly/requestly

Community hub for Requestly API Client — bugs, feature requests, and roadmap. The privacy-first Postman alternative.

Repository: https://github.com/requestly/requestly
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/requestly
Homepage: https://requestly.com/
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: open-source, api-client, api-testing, developer-tools, git-sync, graphql, grpc, postman-alternative, privacy-first, rest-api, websocket
Last push: 2026-08-26T10:30:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 76, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3562, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 163, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 51}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6750, forks 700 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.300289+00:00)

## What it is
Requestly API Client is a lightweight, Git-native desktop API client for designing, building, and testing REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and gRPC APIs, positioned as a privacy-first Postman alternative. It supports local workspaces, Git sync, environments and variables, pre/post scripts with JavaScript assertions, collection runs, and a standalone CLI for CI/CD pipelines.

## Use cases
- test rest apis from a desktop app
- replace postman with a privacy-first api client
- run api collections in ci/cd pipelines
- introspect and query graphql endpoints
- send grpc and soap requests
- import postman or openapi collections
- write api assertions in javascript
- keep api collections in sync with git

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight Postman alternative with local-first storage and Git-native collections
- you need to test REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and SOAP from one tool
- you want to run API test collections in CI without a desktop app
- you need self-hosting or full data sovereignty for API testing

## When to avoid
- you need deep API mocking or virtualization features rather than request sending
- you rely on Postman-specific enterprise integrations or Newman workflows
- you want a browser-based client rather than a desktop application
- you need AI test generation without a paid Pro plan

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, testing, api-framework, cli, graphql, rpc, mock-api
- domain: developer-tools, apis, testing, web-development
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: api-client, postman-alternative, rest, git-native, grpc, soap, collection-runner, privacy-first, self-hosted, openapi, command-line, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- requestly/requestly (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.300289+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 2026-08-29T17:42:35.262724+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/requestly/requestly (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.300289+00:00, sha 4a68aaeda40c)
  - homepage: https://requestly.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.584848+00:00, sha d7dc5cfd4fed)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/api-testing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.596470+00:00, sha 6888991863f3)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/ai-test-case-generator (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.598168+00:00, sha 281d81b7b217)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/cli (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.600052+00:00, sha 7ec2855e5a23)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/graphql-client (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.591352+00:00, sha c8f3ec459986)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/soap-and-grpc (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.593079+00:00, sha fb45538f4262)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/collection-runner (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.594644+00:00, sha f20c3b2204a3)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/environments-and-variables (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.587806+00:00, sha 5d41d83275b2)
  - site_page: https://requestly.com/features/dynamic-variables (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:08.589600+00:00, sha 61407177bf01)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.