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What are some reasons you'd use this over free open source software alternatives like : https://insomnia.rest/ , https://install.advancedrestclient.com/install , or https://github.com/frigus02/RESTer ?

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Auxl has a modular design, which can make chaining requests more intuitive. It’s also native, which still matters to many.

Also support for Websockets and chaining those w/ rest calls. (I know insomnia doesn't support this, dunno about others)

I'm guessing you mean "local" rather than "native" as the alternatives posted in previous comment are native for their platform too, just like Auxl.

I meant native as in not fully built with web technology. Which, if I'm not mistaken, the alternatives posted in the previous comment are.

I’m personally not sure that is a factor for many users, a good web app is as good as a good native app on modern hardware

I guess it depends how you define many, but I’ll take a native application over HTML any day.

Many macbook developers do care if it's a native app or a battery draining chrome embedded app.

Kinda defeats the purpose of having a specialized CPU, OS & software to optimize battery usage.

that matters, at least to me. that makes me prefer Paw over Insomnia and Sublime/neovim-kitty over VSCode

I have pretty beefy hardware so I don't notice the diff in terms of performance. I do however appreciate that the battery life isn't sucked down hard by native apps the way electron does. just having chrome open significantly affects my battery life.

I only want apps built with Electron or similar! Makes it easy for me to switch platforms, they get developed faster, they're easier for me to contribute to and they are infinitely more hackable.

Imagine optimizing your dev tools for battery life? As if I want to work on a single tiny screen all day...or in meetings, hotels, planes, trains...

Others do like to travel and be able to work without their battery dying within a couple hours.

If you like wasting your battery that's fine, but not the typical use case for someone with a portable device.

The screen size thing is a separate issue and alleviated by using screen switching gestures or a secondary screen using an iPad.

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