Postman
Easy — everyone uses thisBackend
ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Postman is the GUI way to talk to APIs. Instead of crafting curl commands, you have a nice interface where you set the URL, headers, body, and hit Send. Then you can save it to a Collection, write automated tests in JavaScript, and share the whole thing with your team. Then Postman added a login requirement and everyone got annoyed.
Real Talk
undefined
When You'll Hear This
undefined
Related Terms
Bruno
Bruno said 'what if your API collection was just files in your git repo?' Collections are stored as .
beginnerBackend
Hoppscotch
Hoppscotch is what happens when someone says 'what if Postman just lived in your browser tab?' It's fast, open-source, and has no login requirement.
beginnerBackend
Insomnia
Insomnia is what a lot of developers switched to when Postman required mandatory cloud sync and login.
beginnerBackend