Caffeine vs Insomnia REST Client

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Insomnia REST Client

Stacks800

Followers652

Votes44

Caffeine

Stacks6

Followers14

Votes0

GitHub Stars1.2K

Forks35

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Insomnia REST Client	Caffeine
Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.	It is a very basic REST service for JSON data - enough for prototyping and MVPs. You can use an in-memory data approach with zero config or postgres as a database, you just need an instance running, no queries/sql/worries!
Mac, Windows and Linux;Data import/export;SSL client certificates;Response history;JSONPath and XPath;Preview rendered HTML;Multipart form;Query parameter editor;Configurable proxy;Cloud sync and sharing;Nunjucks templating;Filter requests;Toggle SSL validation;Keyboard shortcuts;Configurable timeout;HAR import;Usable at almost all sizes;Drag-n-drop organization;Responsive interface;Import from curl;	No need to set up a database, all data is managed automagically; REST paradigm CRUD for multiple entities/namespaces; Schema validation; Search using jq like syntax; CORS enabled; Easy to deploy as container
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 1.2K
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 35
Stacks 800	Stacks 6
Followers 652	Followers 14
Votes 44	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 16 Easy to work with 11 Great user interface 6 Works with GraphQL 4 Cross platform, available for Mac, Windows, and Linux 3 Opensource Cons 4 Do not have team sharing options 2 Do not store credentials in HTTP	No community feedback yet
Integrations
No integrations available	JSON PostgreSQL

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