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HTTPie vs Restish: catalog facts
HTTPie	Restish
Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter	Generates commands from an API's OpenAPI document Auth profiles with API keys, OAuth and mTLS
Slower to start than curl because it is a Python application The desktop and cloud products push accounts the CLI does not need	Command line only Shell quoting needs setup to avoid rewriting queries and filters
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
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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