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Yaak vs Altair GraphQL Client: catalog facts
YaakAltair GraphQL Client
Freemium

Yaak is MIT licensed and free to build and use. Development is funded by…

Freemium

The client is free and open source; Altair GraphQL Cloud is an optional hosted service.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Browser extension
  • 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
  • Schema docs search with one-click query generation
  • Environments, pre-request scripts and file uploads
  • A much younger project than Postman, with a smaller community
  • No hosted collaboration features if that is what you actually want
  • Focused on GraphQL only, not general REST testing
  • Team sync features rely on the separate cloud service
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Browser extension
Open source Open source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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