HTTPie
What it is
HTTPie is an API client for building, sending, testing, and debugging requests to APIs, HTTP servers, and web services. Its Terminal client supports expressive syntax, JSON, formatted and colorized output, persistent sessions, forms, file uploads and downloads, HTTPS, proxies, authentication, and custom request data and headers. HTTPie also supports GraphQL. The graphical Desktop and Web app includes AI-assisted work, spaces, collections, tabs, variables, environments, request previews, and autosave with real-time syncing across devices. It can be used offline without an account, allowing requests to be built and previewed without sending them. Dedicated desktop apps are available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, with Mac downloads for Intel and Apple Silicon. The CLI can be installed on any operating system, with options including apt, brew, choco, pip, port, snap, and yum. The Terminal plan is an open-source CLI client, while the Web and Desktop plan is in public beta. Both plans are listed as free. HTTPie points users to documentation, Discord, Twitter, Stack Overflow, and GitHub Issues for questions and support.
For and against
For
- Supports GraphQL
- CLI includes sessions, authentication, and file transfers
- Desktop and Web app works offline without an account
- Desktop apps are available for Mac, Windows, and Linux
Against
- Web and Desktop plan is in public beta
- Offline request building does not send requests
The verdict
HTTPie offers both a command-line client and a graphical desktop and web app, with the listed plans at no cost. The Web and Desktop plan is in public beta, while the CLI is open source.
Who it suits
HTTPie suits developers and teams who build tools, apps, and technologies and need to work with APIs. The Terminal client serves command-line workflows, while the Desktop and Web app supports graphical request building and previews.
Plans and prices
HTTPie for Terminal
Open-source CLI client · installs on Linux, macOS, Windows and FreeBSD
Read 15 Oct 2026 · httpie.io
HTTPie for Web & Desktop
Public beta · works offline without an account
Read 15 Oct 2026 · httpie.io
Open Source
Full HTTPie CLI · community support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwr.com
HTTPie for Web
Web interface · cloud storage · team collaboration
Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwr.com
On the record
- AI assistant
- HTTPie AI generates HTTP requests from natural-language descriptions and is free during preview for users with an HTTPie account.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API integrations
- The CLI page demonstrates using HTTPie with the GitHub API to post a comment on an issue using authentication.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Desktop requests support Basic, Bearer-token and API-key authentication, with API keys usable in headers or URL parameters.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- CLI client
- HTTPie for Terminal is a command-line HTTP and API testing client for testing and debugging APIs, HTTP servers, and web services.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- CLI features
- The CLI supports expressive syntax, JSON, formatted and colorized output, persistent sessions, forms, file uploads, HTTPS, proxies, authentication, arbitrary request data and headers, and downloads.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- CLI installation
- The maker says HTTPie CLI can be installed on any operating system and lists apt, brew, choco, pip, port, snap, and yum installation options.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- CLI output
- The terminal client supports formatted and colorized responses with JSON handling aimed at readable API debugging.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- CLI request features
- HTTPie CLI supports headers, arbitrary request data, forms, file uploads, HTTPS, proxies, authentication, persistent sessions and wget-like downloads.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud sync security
- Synced data is encrypted in transit with SSL, encrypted at rest in AWS RDS with AES, and sensitive request data is additionally encrypted server-side.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Community complaint
- A Reddit discussion reports that HTTPie is pleasant for quick testing but some users return to curl because curl is ubiquitous and compatible everywhere.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company and location
- HTTPie identifies itself as HTTPie, Inc. and lists its address as 548 Market St, #26464, San Francisco, CA 94104.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists HTTPie as privately held, founded in 2020, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 11–50 people.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- The About page says HTTPie began as a tool its creators built to make API testing more efficient; it does not state a founding year.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company mission
- HTTPie says its mission is to make APIs simple and intuitive for people building tools, apps and technologies.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop and web features
- The graphical app offers AI-assisted work, spaces, collections, tabs, variables, environments, request previews, and autosave with realtime sync across devices.httpie.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Desktop platforms
- The dedicated desktop app is available for macOS, Windows and Linux, while the equivalent web app runs in browsers.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Official CLI documentation points users to GitHub Issues, Discord and Stack Overflow for bugs, feature requests and API-development discussion.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Export
- HTTPie exports spaces, collections, environments and requests as JSON and can generate code snippets and CLI commands.httpie.io · read 15 Oct 2026
