About ATAC
ATAC, short for Arguably a Terminal API Client, is a text user interface for building and sending API requests, similar in spirit to Postman, Insomnia and Bruno but running entirely in your terminal. No graphical environment is needed, which makes it handy over SSH and for keyboard-focused developers.
It is written in Rust using the ratatui library and offers Vim key-bindings, NeoVim integration and themes. The README covers several installation routes, including cargo, Homebrew, Scoop, Arch Linux, Fedora Copr, a Docker package, prebuilt binaries and compiling from source, and it documents features, planned work for the 1.0 and 2.0 releases, and the binary size and dependencies.
ATAC is MIT-licensed and runs locally on your machine, with no account or hosted service required. It suits developers who like terminal workflows and want a lightweight alternative to graphical API clients.
Key features
- Terminal user interface for API requests
- Postman-style request collections
- Vim-style key bindings
- Integration with NeoVim
- Themes you can customize
- Multiple install methods including Homebrew and Scoop
Good fit for
- →Testing APIs from the terminal
- →Lightweight alternative to Postman
- Built with
- Rust
- Tags
- api-client
- tui
- terminal
- rust
- postman-alternative
- cli
- http
- developer-tools
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