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ain vs HTTPie: catalog facts
ain	HTTPie
Free Free to download.	Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Requests kept as plain-text files in folders Environment variables and .env file support	JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter
Terminal only, no graphical interface Smaller community than the GUI clients it replaces	Slower to start than curl because it is a Python application The desktop and cloud products push accounts the CLI does not need
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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