Send API requests, inspect responses and organise request collections.
Free and open source (MIT licence per GitHub). Web, desktop and CLI clients, with cloud, offline and self-hosted routes.
Developer tools
REST Client for VS Code
Free optionOpen sourceLocal
Send HTTP requests from version-controlled files inside VS Code.
What you can use it for
Send HTTP requests from version-controlled files inside VS Code.
- Keep requests and environment references beside your project.
- Send HTTP requests, inspect responses and upload files without a cloud workspace.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Local HTTP request authoring, environments and response inspection inside VS Code. Not a managed cloud API platform or automatic script/collection migration.
Before you switch
Requires VS Code and comfort editing request files. No hosted mock service, managed team workspace or full Postman/Insomnia collection-script compatibility. Target APIs may charge for requests; keep secrets out of committed files.
Alternatives to these paid apps
Each comparison covers the workflow described above, rather than every paid feature.
