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Clients & Debugging Tools

Graphical interfaces, command-line request tools, and proxy monitors used to capture, manipulate, and inspect API traffic.

Bruno

freemium

A fast, git-friendly open-source API client that stores collections directly as folder structures.

An HTTP proxy and monitor that enables developers to view and inspect all HTTP traffic between their machine and the internet.

developmenttesting

curl

opensource

The ubiquitous command-line tool and library for transferring data with URLs using HTTP, HTTPS, and dozens of protocols.

developmenttesting

A classic debugging proxy for routing, decrypting, and rewriting HTTP traffic.

testingdevelopment

Hoppscotch

freemium

An open-source, browser-based API client for building and testing HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, and other requests, with a self-hostable option.

HTTPie

freemium

A command-line HTTP client built for developers, offering clean syntax, syntax highlighting, and auto-formatted JSON.

Insomnia

freemium

A streamlined, desktop-based HTTP, REST, and GraphQL client built for local debugging and testing.

developmenttesting

mitmproxy

opensource

An interactive, SSL-capable intercepting HTTP proxy CLI and web tool built for developers.

developmenttesting