Yaak
Dev tools
api client
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How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
11 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Pricing: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, pleasant UX
From 3 comments
I’ve been using Yaak for a few weeks now and it’s great. I bounce around API clients a lot because the UX just never feels right, they always get in the way or start to feel…
danstewart_ on HNI love your landing page & overall design of the home page. So clean. Love the color scheme as well.
tv10 on HNfantastic. i was about to make my own after being frustated with bruno's change in billing and just lack of quality. having gone from postman -> insomnia -> back to postman ->…
denvermullets on HN
Local-first, Git-friendly plain-text sync
From 2 comments
This got much less attention than I would have expected. Yaak is awesome, please please please keep it local-friendly
DrBenCarson on HNGlad to see this picked up :) Any chance there’s room for assertions in your vision for Yaak? Running API tests is important for some teams which might force them to stick with…
DrBenCarson on HN
Good replacement for Postman and Insomnia
From 2 comments
fantastic. i was about to make my own after being frustated with bruno's change in billing and just lack of quality. having gone from postman -> insomnia -> back to postman ->…
denvermullets on HNWas looking for a simple API fiddler, and you presented one! Thank you, will jump on it ASAP to play.
ianred on HN
Objections
Lacks test assertions and scripting
From 2 comments
would you consider adding pre-request and post-request script in yaak also?
kamalhm on HNGlad to see this picked up :) Any chance there’s room for assertions in your vision for Yaak? Running API tests is important for some teams which might force them to stick with…
DrBenCarson on HN
Commercial license and future enshittification worries
From 2 comments
How can we be sure that Yaak won't be sold and enshittified two years from now? Maybe I'm nitpicky, but I love sticking to software for years, had to ditch Insomnia after an…
martin_a on HNLooks great!! I would love to move to this as my go-to API client but my fear is it stops getting maintained overtime like httpie.io but at least this is open source so a great…
yoeven on HN
Landing page unclear about paid trial
From 1 comment
Ah! I was so happy I can put postman to rest. What I didn't like is the landing page did not clearly communicate I am installing a non-free product with a trial, so I uninstalled…
desertkun on HN
Requests
Synced environment variables across environments
From 1 comment
This is excellent Greg thanks for sharing! One thing I do find missing from a lot of these API clients is synced environment variable entries between environments. For example if…
sunnybeetroot on HN
Pre-request and post-request scripts
From 1 comment
would you consider adding pre-request and post-request script in yaak also?
kamalhm on HN
Test assertions
From 1 comment
Glad to see this picked up :) Any chance there’s room for assertions in your vision for Yaak? Running API tests is important for some teams which might force them to stick with…
DrBenCarson on HN
Questions
How the license model works and whether it will stay open source
From 3 comments
"Is still open source" Does this mean that you anticipate Yaak not to be open source anymore at some point?
DandyDev on HNI use yaak! Great piece of software for just not having to memorize curl syntax, wrestle postman What’s the end goal though? Planning to sell a licensed version? I’d be happy to…
czhu12 on HNHow can we be sure that Yaak won't be sold and enshittified two years from now? Maybe I'm nitpicky, but I love sticking to software for years, had to ditch Insomnia after an…
martin_a on HN
Why Tauri over Electron
From 1 comment
Yaak is great, I have been using it since the launch Greg. I'm kind of curious why you picked Tauri over Electron for this one? I know one big benefit is smaller binaries but I'd…
BilalBudhani on HN
Alternatives named
Bruno
From 2 comments
Would love to see a comparison with Bruno[1]. [1]: https://usebruno.com
dhruvkb on HNfantastic. i was about to make my own after being frustated with bruno's change in billing and just lack of quality. having gone from postman -> insomnia -> back to postman ->…
denvermullets on HN
Postman
From 2 comments
fantastic. i was about to make my own after being frustated with bruno's change in billing and just lack of quality. having gone from postman -> insomnia -> back to postman ->…
denvermullets on HNThis is excellent Greg thanks for sharing! One thing I do find missing from a lot of these API clients is synced environment variable entries between environments. For example if…
sunnybeetroot on HN
Insomnia
From 2 comments
How can we be sure that Yaak won't be sold and enshittified two years from now? Maybe I'm nitpicky, but I love sticking to software for years, had to ditch Insomnia after an…
martin_a on HN> The interface is clean and much nicer to use than bloated alternatives like Insomnia and Postman. As I recall, both _used_ to be the same way.
JadoJodo on HN
Hurl
From 1 comment
https://hurl.dev/index.html Probably the only tool that won't get SASSified into oblivion. CLI only is like plot armor for enshitification.
yoyohello13 on HN
httpYac
From 1 comment
Cool stuff, how does it compare with httpYac? > https://httpyac.github.io/
saikatsg on HN