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HTTPie vs Posting: catalog facts
HTTPie	Posting
Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter	Works over SSH on remote machines Keyboard-centric interface
Slower to start than curl because it is a Python application The desktop and cloud products push accounts the CLI does not need	Terminal only, no graphical version Needs a Python environment to install
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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