HawkClient: Git and AI-Friendly Free API Testing tool

🚀 Introducing HawkClient (https://www.hawkclient.com) – A Local-First, Git and AI-Friendly Free API Testing tool Built for Developers 🛠️

I'm excited to introduce HawkClient

🛠️ Built as a personal side project to explore developer tooling, API workflows, and local-first design - with a focus on developer control, real-time collaboration, and local privacy.

💡 What is HawkClient?

HawkClient is a free, Git- and AI-friendly, cross-platform desktop application (available for macOS, Windows, and Linux) designed to streamline API development and testing.

• 🧪 Supports REST and GraphQL APIs
• 📁 Stores all requests and collections in clean, Git-friendly YAML files
• 🤖 Cursor AI compatible – generate request YAMLs with AI, and HawkClient auto-detects changes in real time
• 🧩 Define tests through the UI or import JavaScript-based scripts, with support for external Node modules
• 🔐 Ensures maximum privacy – all workspace and collection data stays on your local file system, never in the cloud
• 🆓 Free to use – no sign-in or account required
• 🔃 Build complex multi-step API flows using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface

🎯 Ideal for:

• Developers who want Git-based workflows

• AI-assisted workflows using Cursor
• Privacy-focused teams working with local data
• Testers and engineers looking for rich scripting and UI based test automation

📦 Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux 🌐 https://www.hawkclient.com/

Reason for Creating HawkClient

When Postman made sign-in mandatory and shifted all data storage to the cloud, I became uncomfortable storing sensitive API collections in a remote environment. I wanted a tool that kept everything local, secure, and under my control. So, I built HawkClient — initially just for myself — with the goal of storing collections on the local file system, easily versioned and shared using Git, just like most developers are used to. Over time, I realised others who value privacy, security, and Git-based workflows might benefit from it too.

I’d love your thoughts, feedback, and suggestions.

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