What is this?
Posting is an HTTP client that lives in your terminal — a keyboard-driven alternative to Postman and Insomnia for building and sending API requests.
Posting is an HTTP client that lives in your terminal — a keyboard-driven alternative to Postman and Insomnia for building and sending API requests.Is it a desktop GUI app like Postman, or something different?It's a TUI — a full application that runs inside your terminal. Since it's text-based, you can even run it over SSH on remote machines.
It's a TUI — a full application that runs inside your terminal. Since it's text-based, you can even run it over SSH on remote machines.Do I need Python or anything else set up first?Posting is a Python app built with the Textual framework. Installing it through uv or pipx is all you need — those tools handle the Python environment for you.
Posting is a Python app built with the Textual framework. Installing it through uv or pipx is all you need — those tools handle the Python environment for you.Where do my requests end up — is anything stored in the cloud?Everything stays local: requests are saved as simple YAML files that you can read and track in version control.
Everything stays local: requests are saved as simple YAML files that you can read and track in version control.Why pick this over Postman or Insomnia?It's built for the terminal: fully keyboard-driven with Vim keys and jump mode, works over SSH, and your request collection is plain YAML files you can keep in git instead of app-internal storage.
It's built for the terminal: fully keyboard-driven with Vim keys and jump mode, works over SSH, and your request collection is plain YAML files you can keep in git instead of app-internal storage.What is Textual?Textual is the Python framework Posting is built with — it's what gives the app a full, polished interface inside the terminal instead of a bare CLI.
Textual is the Python framework Posting is built with — it's what gives the app a full, polished interface inside the terminal instead of a bare CLI.How do I move around the interface quickly?Jump mode gives you fast navigation, there's a command palette for reaching any function, and keybindings are fully customizable if Vim keys aren't your style.
Jump mode gives you fast navigation, there's a command palette for reaching any function, and keybindings are fully customizable if Vim keys aren't your style.What are similar projects?cli, wuzz, insomnia, openapi-generator, resty, hoppscotch, hurl, go-swagger
cli, wuzz, insomnia, openapi-generator, resty, hoppscotch, hurl, go-swaggerWhich topics is it in?rest-client, curl, api-client, rest, http-client, openapi, syntax-highlighting, vim, yaml, ssh, tui, http
rest-client, curl, api-client, rest, http-client, openapi, syntax-highlighting, vim, yaml, ssh, tui, http