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Plainwire

A native API client for your Mac that keeps requests in plain files

Send REST, GraphQL and WebSocket requests from plain YAML files in a folder you keep in Git, with passwords and tokens in your Keychain. Imports Postman, OpenAPI (including Paw's export) and cURL.

$15.99 Buy now Download free

Free to use without a key: unlimited requests, history, one collection folder, every import and cURL export.

Buy a license key to unlock Pro: environments with secret values in your Keychain, scripts and tests in JavaScript, and more than one collection folder open at a time.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Version 1.0 · 5.1 MB disk image · Notarized by Apple

One-time $15.99 for the app with Pro: environments, scripts and tests, and more than one collection folder. No subscription, no account. One license key works on up to 3 of your Macs.

Download: The download (a signed, notarized .dmg) comes with your purchase in your Gumroad receipt, together with your license key. Updates install from inside the app.

Buy now opens Gumroad's checkout on this page; Gumroad is the seller and handles payment, sales tax and your receipt.

A request and its JSON response, with the collection's plain files in the sidebar

Features

  • One YAML file per request in a folder you choose, in the OpenCollection format Bruno 3 uses
  • Files you didn't change are written back byte for byte, so Git diffs show only your edits
  • REST with every method, parameters, headers, and JSON, form, multipart, raw and file bodies
  • Bearer, basic, API key and digest auth, set once for a collection or a folder
  • GraphQL with variables, WebSockets, and server-sent events as they arrive
  • Passwords, tokens and API keys kept in your Mac's Keychain, not in the files
  • Imports Postman collections and environments, OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger 2.0 and cURL; Help › Moving from Paw shows how
  • Pro: environments, scripts and tests (Bruno's bru and Postman's common pm calls), more collection folders
Tests that run on every send, with their results next to the response
Environments for each server, with secret values kept in the Keychain
A live WebSocket session with messages sent and received

Requirements

macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple silicon and Intel. Current version: 1.0.

Privacy

Plainwire collects no data. Requests go only to the servers you send them to, and it opens only the folders you choose. Its own network requests are the license check with Gumroad and checking for updates.

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Questions about your purchase or license key? Reply to your Gumroad receipt or contact us.