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Hoppscotch – A free, fast API request builder

86 points by jaden 6y ago

liyasthomas 6y ago
Author here. AMA.
- occam65 6y ago
  Is there a comprehensive comparison between Hoppscotch and Postman?
  - liyasthomas 6y ago
    There's no list of comparison. In terms of features Postman has lot of features. Hoppscotch (as of now) only has essential features. Hoppscotch is a community driven project, new features are being added on every week. Hoppscotch is a web app, you can spin up a API test from your smartphone / tablet on the go. It's an open source project, you can make infinite collections, environments and sync them across devices. Apart from REST APIs, Hoppscotch has WebSocket, GraphQL, SocketIO, SSE, MQTT, API Documentation generator etc.
    - occam65 6y ago
      Thanks for taking the time to answer! Much appreciated.
randtrain34 6y ago
Fun fact: this used to be named Postwoman as a play on Postman being a popular API client. source: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/1111 https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/1111
- beatthatflight 6y ago
  even the docker commands are still: #pull docker pull liyasthomas/postwoman #build docker build -t postwoman:latest . #run docker run -p 3000:3000 postwoman:latest
xfalcox 6y ago
Similar named product https://www.gethopscotch.com/ https://www.gethopscotch.com/
nsonha 6y ago
"request builder"? This makes it sound like some dsl library for making request
rakibtg 6y ago
Cloning an existing open source project and rebranding it is a shame, let's not establish this culture please. Or is that Postwoman has renamed to Hoppscotch?
- jerriep 6y ago
  According to the Postwoman website it has been renamed to Hoppscotch
- liyasthomas 6y ago
  Hiya, author here. Postwoman is rebranded to Hoppscotch. Announcement: https://dev.to/liyasthomas/postwoman-is-changing-name-igp https://dev.to/liyasthomas/postwoman-is-changing-name-igp
mcintyre1994 6y ago
This looks really nice, but does anyone know if it’s collection data is compatible with Postman/if it can at least import Postman collections? The biggest productivity boost for my team was getting a collection checked into our repo and maintaining it when the API changes, the problem with that of course being Postman lock-in.
- liyasthomas 6y ago
  Hey, author here. Currently you can sign in with GitHub/Google to sync History, Collections and Environment variables. But syncing with a Git repo isn't available yet. This is one of the priority request in our roadmap and internally we're working on this feature. There's an active issue to track its progress.
sdfhbdf 6y ago
What is its value proposition over Insomnia [1] or Postman[2]? [1]: https://insomnia.rest https://insomnia.rest [2]: https://www.postman.com https://www.postman.com
- mcintyre1994 6y ago
  I'm probably going to try this out for its websocket support. I use Postman, they've had a long-standing open issue to add it with no ETA/progress: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/4009 https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/40.... Haven't used Insomnia but they don't mention websockets anywhere in their docs so I assume they don't support it either: https://support.insomnia.rest/search?collectionId=&query=websocket https://support.insomnia.rest/search?collectionId=&query=web...
  - liyasthomas 6y ago
    Hiya,author here. You can try out WebSocket tool here: https://hoppscotch.io/realtime https://hoppscotch.io/realtime
- jareds 6y ago
  If your blind like me the advantage is that Hoppscotch actually makes an effort to be accessible [1] while Postman does not. [2] [1] https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/1106 https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/1106 [2] https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/3121 https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/31...
pfp 6y ago
Judging by the emoji characters in commit messages, it's impressive that even infants can write code nowadays.
- liyasthomas 6y ago
  Hiya, author here. Hoppscotch is a community driven project. Regarding the emojis, well I personally use gitmoji: https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me Here's my GitHub profile: https://github.com/liyasthomas https://github.com/liyasthomas
amrrs 6y ago
Previous discussion about Postwoman (which is what now being renamed as Hoppscotch) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20817627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20817627

86 points by jaden 6y ago

liyasthomas 6y ago

Author here. AMA.

occam65 6y ago
Is there a comprehensive comparison between Hoppscotch and Postman?
- liyasthomas 6y ago
  There's no list of comparison. In terms of features Postman has lot of features. Hoppscotch (as of now) only has essential features. Hoppscotch is a community driven project, new features are being added on every week. Hoppscotch is a web app, you can spin up a API test from your smartphone / tablet on the go. It's an open source project, you can make infinite collections, environments and sync them across devices. Apart from REST APIs, Hoppscotch has WebSocket, GraphQL, SocketIO, SSE, MQTT, API Documentation generator etc.
  - occam65 6y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to answer! Much appreciated.

randtrain34 6y ago

Fun fact: this used to be named Postwoman as a play on Postman being a popular API client. source: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/1111 https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/1111

beatthatflight 6y ago
even the docker commands are still: #pull docker pull liyasthomas/postwoman #build docker build -t postwoman:latest . #run docker run -p 3000:3000 postwoman:latest

xfalcox 6y ago

Similar named product https://www.gethopscotch.com/ https://www.gethopscotch.com/

nsonha 6y ago

"request builder"? This makes it sound like some dsl library for making request

rakibtg 6y ago

Cloning an existing open source project and rebranding it is a shame, let's not establish this culture please. Or is that Postwoman has renamed to Hoppscotch?

jerriep 6y ago
According to the Postwoman website it has been renamed to Hoppscotch
liyasthomas 6y ago
Hiya, author here. Postwoman is rebranded to Hoppscotch. Announcement: https://dev.to/liyasthomas/postwoman-is-changing-name-igp https://dev.to/liyasthomas/postwoman-is-changing-name-igp

mcintyre1994 6y ago

This looks really nice, but does anyone know if it’s collection data is compatible with Postman/if it can at least import Postman collections? The biggest productivity boost for my team was getting a collection checked into our repo and maintaining it when the API changes, the problem with that of course being Postman lock-in.

liyasthomas 6y ago
Hey, author here. Currently you can sign in with GitHub/Google to sync History, Collections and Environment variables. But syncing with a Git repo isn't available yet. This is one of the priority request in our roadmap and internally we're working on this feature. There's an active issue to track its progress.

sdfhbdf 6y ago

What is its value proposition over Insomnia [1] or Postman[2]? [1]: https://insomnia.rest https://insomnia.rest [2]: https://www.postman.com https://www.postman.com

mcintyre1994 6y ago
I'm probably going to try this out for its websocket support. I use Postman, they've had a long-standing open issue to add it with no ETA/progress: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/4009 https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/40.... Haven't used Insomnia but they don't mention websockets anywhere in their docs so I assume they don't support it either: https://support.insomnia.rest/search?collectionId=&query=websocket https://support.insomnia.rest/search?collectionId=&query=web...
- liyasthomas 6y ago
  Hiya,author here. You can try out WebSocket tool here: https://hoppscotch.io/realtime https://hoppscotch.io/realtime
jareds 6y ago
If your blind like me the advantage is that Hoppscotch actually makes an effort to be accessible [1] while Postman does not. [2] [1] https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/1106 https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/1106 [2] https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/3121 https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/31...

pfp 6y ago

Judging by the emoji characters in commit messages, it's impressive that even infants can write code nowadays.

liyasthomas 6y ago
Hiya, author here. Hoppscotch is a community driven project. Regarding the emojis, well I personally use gitmoji: https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me Here's my GitHub profile: https://github.com/liyasthomas https://github.com/liyasthomas

amrrs 6y ago

Previous discussion about Postwoman (which is what now being renamed as Hoppscotch) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20817627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20817627