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HTTPie
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Human-friendly API testing client for terminal, desktop and web, known for readable syntax; the CLI is open source.
82K visits/mo
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Windsurf Editor
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AI-powered code editor with agentic workflows for developers.
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Lovable
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AI app builder that turns chat prompts into working web apps and sites, with credit-based build and deploy.
35M visits/mo69K saves
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Core features
- ✦Human-friendly command-line HTTP client
- ✦Web and desktop GUI apps
- ✦Simple, readable request syntax
- ✦Request export/import and history
- ✦Path parameters and 'copy as command'
- ✦Open-source terminal version
- ✦Fully managed TiDB service
- ✦Easy deployment on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
- ✦Scalable and reliable MySQL-compatible database
- ✦Elastic scaling of storage, transactional, and analytical workloads
- ✦Robust security compliance (SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001/27701, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA)
- ✦AI-powered code completion and suggestions
- ✦Automated lint fixing
- ✦Cascade agent for advanced coding assistance
- ✦Integrated app building and deployment
- ✦MCP server support for custom tools
- ✦Terminal command integration
- ✦Memory of codebase structure and workflow
- ✦Chat-to-app and website generation
- ✦Real-time prototype building
- ✦One-click deploy and hosting
- ✦Templates to start projects
- ✦Credit-based building with shared workspaces
- ✦You own your code and data
Use cases
- →Testing REST APIs
- →Sending and inspecting HTTP requests
- →Debugging web services
- →Sharing API requests across a team
- →Building mission-critical applications requiring scalable and reliable databases
- →Managing and scaling transactional and analytical workloads
- →Deploying databases across multiple cloud providers and regions
- →Ensuring data security and compliance with industry standards
- →Accelerating software development by automating repetitive tasks
- →Reducing onboarding time for new developers
- →Improving code quality and reducing tech debt
- →Streamlining the app building and deployment process
- →Enhancing developer productivity by keeping them in a state of flow
- →Build web apps without coding
- →Prototype product ideas quickly
- →Create landing pages and sites
- →Ship internal tools
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