Self-hosted alternatives to Postman

A self-hosted API client and management for your team. Below are 12 open source options you host on your own server — with no monthly per-user fee and full control of your data.

Hoppscotch Community Edition

★ 79,612

Hoppscotch is a lightweight, fast API client for testing REST, GraphQL and WebSocket requests right in the browser. Self-hosted, it's the alternative to Postman for teams that want to keep collections and environments on their own infrastructure.

Software Development - API Management MIT

Kong

★ 43,650

Microservice API Gateway and Platform.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Hasura

★ 32,076

Fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on Postgres with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Composio

★ 28,900

Integration platform for AI agents & LLMs with support for 250+ apps and custom tools.

Software Development - API Management Elastic-2.0

Opik

★ 19,721

Evaluate, test, and ship LLM applications with a suite of observability tools to calibrate language model outputs across your dev and production lifecycle.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Tyk

★ 10,747

Fast and scalable open source API Gateway. Out of the box, Tyk offers an API Management Platform with an API Gateway, API Analytics, Developer Portal and API Management Dashboard.

Software Development - API Management MPL-2.0

Lura

★ 6,780

High-performance API Gateway.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Svix

★ 3,265

Open-source webhooks as a service that makes it super easy for API providers to send webhooks.

Software Development - API Management MIT

Fusio

★ 2,098

Open-source API management platform which helps to build and manage REST APIs.

Software Development - API Management AGPL-3.0

DreamFactory

★ 1,774

Turns any SQL/NoSQL/Structured data into Restful API.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Para

★ 572

Flexible and modular backend framework/server for object persistence, API development and authentication.

Software Development - API Management Apache-2.0

Graphweaver

★ 551

Turn multiple data sources into a single GraphQL API.

Software Development - API Management MIT

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free self-hosted alternative to Postman?

Yes. We've gathered 12 self-hosted, open source alternatives to Postman — including Hoppscotch Community Edition, Kong, Hasura. You run all of them on your own server.

What is the best open source alternative to Postman?

Hoppscotch Community Edition is one of the most popular (79,612 GitHub stars). The "best" depends on your case — compare the options below.

Do I need a server to replace Postman?

Yes. You can use a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS (from ~€4/mo). See the hosting suggestions on this page.