Here you’ll find changelogs with new features and fixes, thoughts on building an indie developer tool, and more general post about API tooling.
Say hello to new templating features like folder variables and keychain access, while also delivering some nice accessibility improvements.
Postman is the most popular desktop API client by a long shot, but it forces you to store all API requests and secrets…
Wow. It’s been almost two months since I’ve typed on a keyboard, and it feels good to be back. As an indie…
How’s that saying go? “All good features come in threes?” Never mind… 😅 Here are the three big things…
While Apple was cooking up some sweet liquid glass, I’ve been tackling some design features of my own. Hopefully these…
It’s been just a week since 2025.2 release with encrypted text and sharable environments, so be sure to peep that if…
It’s now possible to securely share variables and other sensitive fields via Directory / Git Sync! Whether…
Postman is by far the most dominant API client on the market. Since launching in 2014, it has amassed 40 million users…
Yaak's commercial license is now simpler and more accessible at $50 per user per year, and you can follow the journey with public stats.
Thank you all for the amazing reception of the “Yaak 2.0” launch! If you missed it, be sure to check out the…
At the start of the year, I sent out a short survey which got over 200 responses! My goal was to discover blockers for…
It’s hard to believe that at the start of 2024, Yaak was still just a side project. Fast-forward a year, and it’s at…
Going all-in on local-first with a new commercial-use license for sustainable growth.
There are some important updates to Yaak’s licensing: going forward, a paid license is required for commercial use of…
Hey there, It’s been a while. 👋🏼 I’ve taken a bit of a break from app development to focus on the upcoming…
Hold onto your butts! This week brings SSE, response streaming, custom proxies, and huge performance improvements!
There aren’t any earth-shattering new features in this release so don’t get too excited. However, a FakerJS plugin…
Welcome to the first release after the open-sourcing of Yaak! In case you missed the news, check out the full-length…
Finally, an open-source API Client that is an alternative to Postman or Insomnia!
You might be thinking, a month of work for a single changelog item?! Yes, indeed! But not only was Request Chaining the…
There’s been a lot of behind-the-scenes movement on the plugin system so this release is fairly small. However, it…
👋🏼 Update: I'm pleased to announce that Yaak is now open-source! Will Yaak be open source? The short answer…
You’re in for a treat! 🍦 This release is jam-packed full of goodness, including the long-awaited command palette…
Onslow: Did you bring any beer? Rose: No, I didn’t. Onslow: I’m sitting here, completely surrounded by no beer!
bro: How much you curl? me: Almost every day bro: No, I mean how much weight? me: My p95 is under 100ms! bro: Huh…
Why I built Yaak, a new REST client, and what sets it apart from the rest
Here’s a quick update with a bunch of fixes and improvements centered around importing and exporting data. 📦 Export…
Winter is coming to an end so get ready to flip into light mode! 🫣 Obscured Environment Variables For all you…
Yaak is back with another update, addressing some quick wins from recent feedback! 📦 Binary File Uploads It’s now…
Great news! Yaak now speaks gRPC, adding yet another tool to the toolkit of REST and GraphQL. That’s not all you get…
This week brings a tasty treat… cookies! 🍪 🍪 New Cookie Management Cookies are a large part of managing state on…
Yaak launched just a week ago, but there’s already some new stuff to check out! Let’s dive into the changes. 💽…
This is the initial public release of the Yaak desktop app! It’s still early and is not yet feature-complete so please…
