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REST Client for VS Code vs Yaak: catalog facts
REST Client for VS Code	Yaak
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium Yaak is MIT licensed and free to build and use. Development is funded by…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Requests stored as plain text .http files Responses shown directly in the editor	Requests are stored as files on your machine, so a git repository is the shared collection REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket and Server-Sent Events in one client
Requires Visual Studio Code Focused on HTTP requests rather than full API test suites	A much younger project than Postman, with a smaller community No hosted collaboration features if that is what you actually want
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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