REST Client for VS Code Alternatives

REST Client for VS Code is described as '- Send/Cancel/Rerun HTTP request in editor and view response in a separate pane with syntax highlight' and is a API Client in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to REST Client for VS Code for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome apps. The best REST Client for VS Code alternative is Postman, which is free. Other great apps like REST Client for VS Code are Insomnia REST Client, HTTP Toolkit, Hoppscotch and ApiArk.

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  1. API Test Base is a free, offline-first tool for testing APIs and their side effects — the records an API writes to a database, the messages it publishes to a queue, the downstream services it calls. Test cases are created with a no-code / low-code UI, and the same tests can be...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Linux
     
  2. Assertible icon
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    Assertible is the easiest way to test and monitor your APIs and helps reduce bugs in web apps by providing tools to continuously validate endpoints and responses with a flexible interface to run your tests any time and place.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. Bearer icon
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    Bearer is a developer tool that helps engineering teams monitor API requests, track performance, detect anomalies, and fix issues for their critical API usage. The solution monitors all outgoing API requests without proxying traffic.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. RequesterX icon
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    RequesterX is a free desktop HTTP client for API testing and development. Organize requests into nested collections, use environment variables for easy context switching, generate code snippets in 13 languages, and keep everything stored locally — no account required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Free, privacy-first API client built natively into VS Code. Test REST, GraphQL & WebSocket APIs locally — no login, no cloud sync, no telemetry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
     
  6. FRequest icon
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    FRequest is a fast, lightweight and opensource Windows / macOS / Linux desktop program to make HTTP(s) requests (e.g. call REST apis).

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Routebase icon
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    Routebase keeps your API's design, docs, mock servers, contract tests and monitoring in one living OpenAPI spec so they can't drift apart.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. CurlHub.io icon
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    API Traffic Inspector.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Resting icon
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    browser web-extension to test and analyze HTTP requests.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Firefox
     
  10. Guide API icon
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    API integration platform for testing, prototyping, and running of any API flow. The right tool for successful API flow integration - nice, easy, simple, and cheap.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Ain icon
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    Ain is a command-line HTTP API client. It's an alternative to postman, paw or insomnia. It enables scripting of input and further processing of output. It targets command-line users who work with API:s using a simple file format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
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