Self-Hosted Postman Alternatives

Postman is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are some alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Hoppscotch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Postman and eight of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Postman are Firecamp, Apiman, gRPC and Step CI.

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Postman alternatives are mainly API Clients, but if you're looking for HTTP Clients or HTTP(S) Debuggers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Web Development, Linux, Online, Mac, API Client and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Postman.
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  1. Hoppscotch icon

    Hoppscotch

     41 likes

    Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem. It helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Hoppscotch as an Alternative to Postman
    notPlancha
    Positive
    0

    Completely free, no account needed for anything, can be used on browser and even offers proxy

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    Helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Max Fisher
    Negative
    -1

    AFAIK, doesn't have a feature to import cURL from clipboard.

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    • Most users think Hoppscotch is a great Postman alternative.

    • Hoppscotch is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Postman.

    • Hoppscotch is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Hoppscotch is LightweightPostman is not according to our users
  2. Firecamp icon

    Firecamp

     1 like

    Firecamp's GraphQL playground is all in one GraphQL debugging tool which let you debug, collaborate and document your GraphQL APIs within a team for all platform.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Apiman icon

    Apiman

     4 likes

    apiman is an open source API management layer that streamlines repetitive tasks often required when providing an API, such as implementing security, throttling and billing.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. gRPC icon

    gRPC

     1 like

    gRPC is a modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about gRPC as an Alternative to Postman
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    gRPC is a protocol, Postman is an API testing tool/framework

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • gRPC is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Step CI icon

    Step CI

     1 like

    Open-source API Test Automation framework.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Yaade icon

    Yaade

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    Yaade is the only open-source, fully self-hosted, collaborative API development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Yaade as an Alternative to Postman
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    This is currently the only true open source and self hosted API client available.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Yaade is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Yaade is LightweightPostman is not according to our users
  9. Api2File icon

    Api2File

     Like

    A self hosted service that exposes live data from APIs as files on a virtual network share. Providing automatic transformation of data to useful file formats while offering comprehensive security options.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  10. RequestBite Slingshot icon

    RequestBite Slingshot

     1 like

    Slingshot is a web-based HTTP request client that is highly performant, low on resources, privacy respecting, local-first, free and open-source. It stores all your data locally in your browser. It allows you to import and export OpenAPI specs and Postman collections.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Request editor in Slingshot.
     
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