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Yaak vs Postman: a secure and lightweight alternative

Compare Yaak and Postman on Git integration, end-to-end encryption, and plugin ecosystem.

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Fast and private

Secrets encryption, zero telemetry, and native Git UI.

Works with Git

Optionally store data as plain-text for Git, DropBox, etc.

Extend with plugins

NodeJS plugin system for auth, template functions, and more.

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Hey, I'm Greg 👋🏼

Having created and sold Insomnia in 2019, I didn't think I'd build another API client, but the tools changed for the worse and I found myself looking for something better.

If you're looking to get away from Postman's cloud lock-in, bloated interface, and security concerns, look no further than Yaak.






Trusted by developers

See why others prefer Yaak over the alternatives.

JustSteveKing
I've been using @yaakapp for a while now, and I absolutely love it! If you need a https client for your desktop, go check it out
Müjdat Korkmaz
I definitely recommend it. I tried others as well, but so far I find Yaak to be the most complete open source alternative to Postman
Faraz Patankar
My go-to tool for testing APIs as I build them. The interface is clean and much nicer to use than bloated alternatives like Insomnia and Postman.
Kevin Cunningham
I think this is my favourite for now. A clean and simple interface, focused on the core activities. It's local first and doesn't need an account.
Alex Yumashev
Yaak is my new favorite REST client P.S. Ironically, made by the same guy who built Insomnia, sold it, now making a new one 🤣🤣

More on Yaak vs Postman

Postman is by far the most dominant API client on the market. Since launching in 2014, it has amassed 40 million users, thousands of employees, and hundreds of millions in VC funding.

Over time, Postman has shifted from a lightweight tool to a broader enterprise platform. It’s wide variety of features has increased complexity and its company nature has forced it to prioritize growth over user experience by doing things like requiring cloud accounts.

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Everything you need

Yaak keeps things simple by default, but has everything you need to migrate from Postman.

Start from anywhere

Integrate with your existing workflow by importing data from many places:

PostmanInsomniaOpenAPICurlSwagger

Call any API

Mix multiple protocols together and work on any API within a single workspace.

RESTHTTPGraphQLgRPCWebSocketServer Sent Events

Authenticate anything

Automatically handle complex request authentication, so you don't have to:

OAuth 2.0JWTBasicBearerAPI KeyCustom

Request chaining
Variables
Encrypted secrets
Auth inheritance
Batch send
Custom proxy
Cookies
Rich previews
Import/export
Paste Curl
Copy as Curl
Streaming
Git UI
Command palette
Autocomplete
Request docs





Seamless migration from Postman

Import existing Postman collections directly into Yaak.