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The best Hoppscotch alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Hoppscotch, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Hoppscotch

Open-source app for building, sending, and testing API requests in the browser, desktop, or CLI.

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    Bruno

    Open source · MIT · ★ 48k

    Free, offline-first desktop app for exploring and testing APIs, storing collections as files.

    Best for: Developers who want to test HTTP or GraphQL APIs without an account or cloud sync; Teams that already keep code in Git and want API collections stored alongside it

    Full review Hoppscotch vs Bruno
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    Scalar

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k

    Turns OpenAPI/Swagger documents into interactive API docs and includes an API testing client.

    Best for: Developers who already maintain an OpenAPI or Swagger document; Teams that want readable, interactive API documentation

    Full review Hoppscotch vs Scalar
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    Yaak

    Open source · MIT · ★ 19.4k

    A desktop app for sending and organizing API requests across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket and SSE.

    Best for: Developers who want a desktop client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket or SSE in one place; Teams that want request collections stored as files they can version in Git

    Full review Hoppscotch vs Yaak
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    Krayin CRM

    Open source · MIT · ★ 24.1k

    Open-source CRM built on Laravel for managing customers, leads, and sales.

    Best for: Small and mid-sized businesses that want a self-hosted CRM; Teams with PHP/Laravel developers who want to customize a CRM

    Full review Hoppscotch vs Krayin CRM
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    Vue Admin Better

    Open source · MIT · ★ 18.9k

    A Vue 2 admin dashboard template with Element UI, built to skip heavy abstraction and long build waits.

    Best for: Front-end developers with about a year of experience who want an admin panel starting point; Teams already using Vue 2 and Element UI

    Full review
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    YesPlayMusic

    Open source · MIT · ★ 33.5k

    A third-party desktop and web player for NetEase Cloud Music with a clean interface.

    Best for: Existing NetEase Cloud Music users who want a different player interface; Chinese-speaking users who use NetEase Cloud Music daily

    Full review
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    Vuestic Admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11k

    A free, ready-made admin dashboard template built with Vue 3, Vite, Pinia and Tailwind CSS.

    Best for: Developers starting a new internal admin or dashboard in Vue; Teams that want a ready-made layout instead of building one from scratch

    Full review
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    doccano

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.8k

    Open-source tool for humans to label text data for machine learning projects.

    Best for: Machine learning teams building labeled text datasets; Researchers creating named entity recognition or sentiment datasets

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Hoppscotch. We don't take payment for placement.