Thoughts on building an indie developer tool, and posts about API tooling.
Compare Yaak and Insomnia for API development. Yaak is a local-first, open-source API client with Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, plugins, and Insomnia imports.
A year ago I had just launched Yaak’s commercial-use license and was sitting at $160 MRR. It was a gamble to choose a…
Compare Yaak and Bruno for API development. Yaak is a polished, secure Bruno alternative with local-first storage, Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, plugins, and imports.
Yaak is a local-first API client that focuses on security, ease of use, and collaboration (using Git). Thousands of…
Postman is the most popular desktop API client by a long shot. It only gained Git-native file storage in 2026 — for…
Wow. It’s been almost two months since I’ve typed on a keyboard, and it feels good to be back. As an indie…
Compare Yaak and Postman for API development. Yaak is a focused, local-first, open-source Postman alternative with Git-friendly files, encrypted secrets, and Postman imports.
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.
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.
Finally, an open-source API Client that is an alternative to Postman or Insomnia!
👋🏼 Update: I'm pleased to announce that Yaak is now open-source! Will Yaak be open source? The short answer…
Why I built Yaak, a new REST client, and what sets it apart from the rest
