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Restish vs HTTPie: catalog facts
Restish	HTTPie
Free Free and open source.	Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Generates commands from an API's OpenAPI document Auth profiles with API keys, OAuth and mTLS	JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter
Command line only Shell quoting needs setup to avoid rewriting queries and filters	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
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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