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Alamofire vs Paw: What are the differences?
Developers describe Alamofire as "HTTP networking library for iOS and macOS". It is a Swift-based HTTP networking library for iOS and macOS. It provides an elegant interface on top of Apple's Foundation networking stack that simplifies a number of common networking tasks. On the other hand, Paw is detailed as "The ultimate REST client for Mac". Paw is a full-featured and beautifully designed Mac app that makes interaction with REST services delightful. Either you are an API maker or consumer, Paw helps you build HTTP requests, inspect the server's response and even generate client code.
Alamofire and Paw can be categorized as "API" tools.
Alamofire is an open source tool with 31.3K GitHub stars and 5.61K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Alamofire's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Alamofire
Pros of Paw
- Great interface46
- Easy to use37
- More stable and performant than the others25
- Saves endpoints list for testing16
- Supports environment variables13
- Integrations12
- Multi-Dimension Environment Settings9
- Paste curl commands into Paw4
- Creates code for any language or framework2
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Cons of Alamofire
Cons of Paw
- It's not free3
- MacOS Only2
