# pashky/restclient.el

HTTP REST client tool for emacs

Repository: https://github.com/pashky/restclient.el
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/restclientel
Language: Emacs Lisp
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-03-10T11:02:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5287, "days_push": 906, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2014, forks 187 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:05.431093+00:00)

## What it is
An Emacs major mode for manually exploring and testing HTTP REST web services from plain-text query sheets. It runs requests and pretty-prints responses as XML, JSON, or images.

## Use cases
- test REST APIs from within Emacs
- run HTTP requests from a plain text file
- pretty-print JSON and XML API responses
- copy requests as curl commands
- explore and debug web service endpoints

## When to choose
- you live in Emacs and want to test APIs without leaving the editor
- you prefer plain-text, version-controllable request files over GUI clients
- you want lightweight ad-hoc HTTP exploration with syntax highlighting

## When to avoid
- you need a full GUI API client with collections and environments
- you don't use Emacs
- you need automated API test suites or CI integration

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, apis
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: emacs-lisp, rest-client, http-debugging, api-testing, plain-text-queries, command-line, emacs

## Member repositories
- pashky/restclient.el (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.431093+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 2026-08-30T03:00:50.204406+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pashky/restclient.el (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.431093+00:00, sha 25b116d43b5a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.