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Hoppscotch – A free, fast API request builder

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Fun fact: this used to be named Postwoman as a play on Postman being a popular API client.

source: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/1111

even the docker commands are still:

#pull docker pull liyasthomas/postwoman

#build docker build -t postwoman:latest .

#run docker run -p 3000:3000 postwoman:latest

Previous discussion about Postwoman (which is what now being renamed as Hoppscotch) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20817627

"request builder"? This makes it sound like some dsl library for making request

This looks really nice, but does anyone know if it’s collection data is compatible with Postman/if it can at least import Postman collections? The biggest productivity boost for my team was getting a collection checked into our repo and maintaining it when the API changes, the problem with that of course being Postman lock-in.

Hey, author here. Currently you can sign in with GitHub/Google to sync History, Collections and Environment variables. But syncing with a Git repo isn't available yet. This is one of the priority request in our roadmap and internally we're working on this feature. There's an active issue to track its progress.

What is its value proposition over Insomnia [1] or Postman[2]?

[1]: https://insomnia.rest

[2]: https://www.postman.com

If your blind like me the advantage is that Hoppscotch actually makes an effort to be accessible [1] while Postman does not. [2] [1] https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/1106 [2] https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/31...

I'm probably going to try this out for its websocket support. I use Postman, they've had a long-standing open issue to add it with no ETA/progress: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/40.... Haven't used Insomnia but they don't mention websockets anywhere in their docs so I assume they don't support it either: https://support.insomnia.rest/search?collectionId=&query=web...

Hiya,author here. You can try out WebSocket tool here: https://hoppscotch.io/realtime

Cloning an existing open source project and rebranding it is a shame, let's not establish this culture please. Or is that Postwoman has renamed to Hoppscotch?

According to the Postwoman website it has been renamed to Hoppscotch

Hiya, author here. Postwoman is rebranded to Hoppscotch.

Announcement: https://dev.to/liyasthomas/postwoman-is-changing-name-igp

Similar named product https://www.gethopscotch.com/

Author here. AMA.

Is there a comprehensive comparison between Hoppscotch and Postman?

There's no list of comparison. In terms of features Postman has lot of features. Hoppscotch (as of now) only has essential features. Hoppscotch is a community driven project, new features are being added on every week.

Hoppscotch is a web app, you can spin up a API test from your smartphone / tablet on the go. It's an open source project, you can make infinite collections, environments and sync them across devices. Apart from REST APIs, Hoppscotch has WebSocket, GraphQL, SocketIO, SSE, MQTT, API Documentation generator etc.

Thanks for taking the time to answer! Much appreciated.

Judging by the emoji characters in commit messages, it's impressive that even infants can write code nowadays.

Hiya, author here. Hoppscotch is a community driven project.

Regarding the emojis, well I personally use gitmoji: https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me

Here's my GitHub profile: https://github.com/liyasthomas

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