About Yaade
Yaade is an open-source, self-hosted, collaborative API development environment.
Yaade: questions and answers
- What is Yaade?
- Yaade is an open-source, self-hosted, collaborative API development environment.
- Is Yaade open source?
- Yes. Yaade is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at EsperoTech/yaade and is written mainly in JavaScript.
- Is Yaade free?
- Yes. Yaade is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host Yaade?
- Yes. Yaade can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
- What is Yaade an alternative to?
- Yaade is an open-source alternative to Postman. Other open-source alternatives to Postman include Hoppscotch, Bruno and Insomnia.
- Is Yaade actively maintained?
- The most recent commit to Yaade was on 8 September 2025. The project has 2k stars on GitHub.
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