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 100 alternatives to Postman and nine 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 OpenReq.

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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, Linux, Web Development, Online, Self-Hosted, Mac 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
     43 likes

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

    74 Hoppscotch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Hoppscotch vs Postman Comments
    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.

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

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

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

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    gRPC vs Postman Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • gRPC is Free and Open SourcePostman is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. OpenReq icon
     2 likes

    Build, test, and debug your APIs with a self-hosted tool that does what you actually need. Scripts, environments, OAuth 2.0, code generation, and an AI wizard that builds collections from your docs — no account required, no limits.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Step CI icon
     1 like

    Open-source API Test Automation framework.

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Yaade icon
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    Yaade is the only open-source, fully self-hosted, collaborative API development environment.

    14 Yaade alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Yaade vs Postman Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

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

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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  9. 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.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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