A lightweight cross-platform HTTP client for API testing, built with Electron and React.

• 🚀 Fast and lightweight
• 🎨 Modern, intuitive UI
• 📁 Organize requests in collections
• 💾 Local SQLite database
• 🔄 Import/Export collections
• 🖥️ Cross-platform (Windows & macOS)

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Option 1: Development mode with hot-reload (requires Vite)
npm run dev

# Option 2: Build and run (no hot-reload, faster startup)
npm start

• npm run dev: Starts Vite dev server + Electron with hot-reload
• npm start: Builds once and runs Electron (faster, no Vite needed)

# Build for Windows
npm run build:win

# Build for macOS
npm run build:mac

# Build for all platforms
npm run build:all

Built packages will be in the release/ directory.

• Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Electron 39, Node.js
• Database: SQLite (better-sqlite3)
• Build: Vite, electron-builder
• Code Editor: Monaco Editor

postboy/
├── src/                 # React frontend
├── electron/            # Electron main process
├── public/              # Static assets
├── build/               # Build resources (icons)
└── release/             # Built packages (generated)

• Node.js 18+
• npm 9+

• ✅ Windows 10/11 (x64, ARM64)
• ✅ macOS 11+ (Intel, Apple Silicon)

MIT

For issues and feature requests, please use the GitHub issue tracker.