JIjicea·Aug 7, 2025Submission
Yaak, an intuitive desktop API client
8 points · Open discussionmountain-loop
yaak
Rust2024–2025
mountain-loop / yaak
yaak
The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬
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19.5KGitHub stars
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The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬
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| Nov 2024 | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Mar 2025 | 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Aug 2025 | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesYaak – Organize and Execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, gRPC
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: Yaak – An open source, Git-friendly desktop API client
Hi HN! I'm Greg and I've been working on Yaak for just over a year. I usually describe it as a Postman alternative since most developers are familiar with that, but it's targeted more toward users that just want an API client (no mocking, testing, spec design, etc).
Having also created Insomnia for a similar purpose, I never thought I'd build another API client again. But, after selling Insomnia in 2019 and watching it expand into the broader feature set of Postman, I was left wanting a simpler tool again. Yaak was my answer to that.
It's hard to describe how it's better than the 100 other API clients, since its main benefit is design, but there are a few stand-out features:
- Optionally sync data to a local directory as plain-text, for use with Git/etc
- Build and install plugins for authentication, template functions, or generic actions
Read the rest
- Support for REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, server sent events, and gRPC
Yaak requires a license for commercial use but this only applies when using the prebuilt binaries. If building from source, a license is not required.
It's available for Mac, Windows, and Linux and the source is at https://github.com/mountain-loop/yaak
I'd love to hear you think!
Intuitive desktop API client, alternative to Postman and Insomnia
3 points · Open discussion