# LucasPickering/slumber

Terminal-based HTTP/REST client

Repository: https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slumber
Homepage: https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ratatui, rest-client, rust, tui, http, http-client
Last push: 2026-07-04T15:17:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 84, longevity 78
- inputs: {"age_days": 1101, "days_push": 60, "days_rel": 109, "gap_med": 19.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1219, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.759889+00:00)

## What it is
Slumber is a terminal-based HTTP/REST client with both an interactive TUI and a CLI mode, built in Rust. Request collections are defined in YAML files that can be version-controlled, shared, and templated with dynamic values from other requests, files, or shell commands.

## Use cases
- send http requests from the terminal
- test rest api endpoints interactively
- replace postman with a terminal-based client
- store api request collections in version control
- switch between api environments with profiles
- script http requests from the command line
- import requests from insomnia

## When to choose
- you live in the terminal and want a Postman/Insomnia alternative
- you want declarative, shareable, git-friendly request definitions
- you need both interactive TUI and scriptable CLI usage from one config
- you want dynamic request chaining via templates and JSONPath response queries

## When to avoid
- you prefer a graphical GUI client with point-and-click request building
- you need team-hosted shared workspaces or cloud sync of collections
- you mainly test GraphQL or gRPC rather than plain HTTP/REST
- you want automatic OpenAPI spec generation or mocking features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, cli, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, apis, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform, rust, windows
- tags: tui, rest-client, http-debugging, yaml-configuration, api-testing, ratatui, postman-alternative, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- LucasPickering/slumber (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.759889+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 2026-08-30T06:16:11.670866+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LucasPickering/slumber (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.759889+00:00, sha 9d99ec000950)
  - homepage: https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:26.937602+00:00, sha a133bbcca8e4)
  - site_page: https://slumber.lucaspickering.me/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:26.946580+00:00, sha 87fedac97002)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/slumber (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:26.948347+00:00, sha 3c6d2c939fbe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.