Show HN: Ghostman – A fast, keyboard-driven TUI API client and webhook inspector

Category: devtools

Tags: tui, api-client, webhook, python, textual, local-first

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

Ghostman is a terminal-based API client and webhook inspector built with Textual, offering a lightweight, local-first alternative to Postman and Insomnia. It stores collections as git-friendly YAML and includes a built-in webhook receiver for local testing. The keyboard-driven TUI and instant startup target developers who prefer terminal workflows.

Target audience: backend developers, devops engineers, API developers

Repository: https://github.com/4yk5/Ghostman · Python · MIT

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