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Resty vs HTTPie: catalog facts
Resty	HTTPie
Best for: Developers sending REST requests from shell scripts and pipelines	Best for: Human-friendly command line HTTP client with colourised output
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free The open-source client is available without a license fee. Cloud features are paid.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Works directly in Bash or Zsh Combines REST requests with shell pipelines All 3 strengths for Resty Works directly in Bash or Zsh Combines REST requests with shell pipelines Passes custom options to curl	JSON request bodies expressed as simple key=value arguments Readable, colourised responses without piping through a formatter
Requires curl and a compatible shell	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
Not stated if an account is 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 Sources for Resty github.com/micha/resty Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for HTTPie httpie.io github.com/httpie/cli Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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