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I got tired of Postman's cloud sync and RAM bloat, so I built an offline, Rust-native alternative
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I got tired of Postman's cloud sync and RAM bloat, so I built an offline, Rust-native alternative

DEV Community: rustΒ·am vanΒ·2 days ago
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For years, Postman was my go-to tool for API testing. But recent updates made it increasingly frustrating to use: mandatory cloud account logins, telemetry tracking, runner restrictions (limited to 25 runs/mo), and eating upwards of 1.2 GB of RAM on heavy Electron runtimes.

As a developer working with microservices, I needed something fast, private, and capable of organizing 30+ services without massive clutter.

So I built ReqX β€” an ultra-fast, 100% offline-first API client powered by Tauri v2 + Rust .

πŸ‘‰ GitHub Repository: https://github.com/lgponlylove/reqX

⚑ Key Highlights of ReqX

1. 🌲 Multi-Level Directory Tree (Solved Postman's biggest flaw)

In Postman, collections are forced into a single, unending flat list.…

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