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Yaak vs Nightingale: catalog facts
YaakNightingale
Freemium

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

Free

Available from the Microsoft Store and GitHub releases.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows
  • 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
  • Native Windows app that is light on resources
  • Variables and environments
  • A much younger project than Postman, with a smaller community
  • No hosted collaboration features if that is what you actually want
  • Windows only
  • Smaller feature set than larger API platforms
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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