apiark

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Why ApiArk?

	Postman	Bruno	Hoppscotch	ApiArk
Framework	Electron	Electron	Tauri	Tauri v2
RAM Usage	300-800 MB	150-300 MB	50-80 MB	~60 MB
Startup	10-30s	3-8s	<2s	<2s
Account Required	Yes	No	Optional	No
Data Storage	Cloud	Filesystem	IndexedDB	Filesystem (YAML)
Git-Friendly	No	Yes (.bru)	No	Yes (standard YAML)
gRPC	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
WebSocket	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SSE	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
MQTT	No	No	No	Yes
Mock Servers	Cloud only	No	No	Local
Monitors	Cloud only	No	No	Local
Plugin System	No	No	No	JS + WASM
Proxy Capture	No	No	No	Yes
Response Diff	No	No	No	Yes

Download

Latest Release

Platform	Download
Windows	.exe installer • .msi
macOS	Apple Silicon .dmg • Intel .dmg
Linux	.AppImage • .deb • .rpm

# Homebrew (macOS)
brew tap berbicanes/apiark
brew install --cask apiark

# Scoop (Windows)
scoop bucket add apiark https://github.com/berbicanes/apiark
scoop install apiark

# APT (Debian/Ubuntu)
curl -fsSL https://berbicanes.github.io/apiark-apt/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install apiark

Also available on the Microsoft Store.

Prerequisites: Node.js 22+, pnpm 10+, Rust toolchain, Tauri v2 system deps

git clone https://github.com/berbicanes/apiark.git
cd apiark
pnpm install
pnpm tauri build

Switching from Postman

1. Export your Postman collection (Collection v2.1 JSON)
2. Open ApiArk
3. Ctrl+K > "Import Collection" > select your file
4. Done. Your requests are now YAML files you own.

Also imports from: Insomnia, Bruno, Hoppscotch, OpenAPI 3.x, HAR, cURL.

Features

Multi-Protocol — REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, SSE, MQTT, Socket.IO in one app. No tool has broader protocol coverage.

Local-First Storage — Every request is a .yaml file. Collections are directories. Everything is git-diffable. No proprietary formats.

Dark Mode + Themes — Dark, Light, Black/OLED themes with 8 accent colors.

TypeScript Scripting — Pre/post-request scripts with full type definitions. ark.test(), ark.expect(), ark.env.set().

Collection Runner — Run entire collections with data-driven testing (CSV/JSON), configurable iterations, JUnit/HTML reports.

Local Mock Servers — Create mock APIs from your collections. Faker.js data, latency simulation, error injection. No cloud, no usage limits.

Scheduled Monitoring — Cron-based automated testing with desktop notifications and webhook alerts. Runs locally, not on someone else's server.

API Docs Generation — Generate HTML + Markdown documentation from your collections.

OpenAPI Editor — Edit and lint OpenAPI specs with Spectral integration.

Response Diff — Compare responses side-by-side across runs.

Proxy Capture — Local intercepting HTTP/HTTPS proxy for traffic inspection and replay.

AI Assistant — Natural language to requests, auto-generate tests, OpenAI-compatible API.

Plugin System — Extend ApiArk with JavaScript or WASM plugins.

Import Everything — Postman, Insomnia, Bruno, Hoppscotch, OpenAPI, HAR, cURL. One-click migration.

Performance

Built with Tauri v2 (Rust backend + native OS webview), not Electron.

Metric	Target
Binary size	~20 MB
RAM at idle	~60 MB
Cold startup	<2s
Request send latency	<10ms overhead

Data Format

Your data is plain YAML. No lock-in. No proprietary encoding.

# users/create-user.yaml
name: Create User
method: POST
url: "{{baseUrl}}/api/users"

headers:
  Content-Type: application/json

auth:
  type: bearer
  token: "{{adminToken}}"

body:
  type: json
  content: |
    {
      "name": "{{userName}}",
      "email": "{{userEmail}}"
    }

assert:
  status: 201
  body.id: { type: string }
  responseTime: { lt: 2000 }

tests: |
  ark.test("should return created user", () => {
    const body = ark.response.json();
    ark.expect(body).to.have.property("id");
  });

CLI

# Run a collection
apiark run ./my-collection --env production

# With data-driven testing
apiark run ./my-collection --data users.csv --reporter junit

# Import a Postman collection
apiark import postman-export.json

No Lock-In Pledge

If you decide to leave ApiArk, your data leaves with you. Every file is a standard format. Every database is open. We will never make it hard to switch away.

Community

• GitHub Discussions — Ideas, Q&A, show & tell
• GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests

Translations

ApiArk UI supports internationalization via react-i18next. Currently available in English.

Help us translate ApiArk into your language! See the locales/ directory and submit a PR.

Development

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run in development mode
pnpm tauri dev

# TypeScript check
pnpm -C apps/desktop exec tsc --noEmit

# Build for production
pnpm tauri build

Project Structure

apiark/
├── apps/
│   ├── desktop/           # Tauri v2 desktop app
│   │   ├── src/           # React frontend
│   │   └── src-tauri/     # Rust backend
│   ├── cli/               # CLI tool (Rust)
│   ├── mcp-server/        # MCP server for AI editors
│   └── vscode-extension/  # VS Code extension
├── packages/
│   ├── types/             # Shared TypeScript types
│   └── importer/          # Collection importers
└── docs/                  # Documentation and legal

Tech Stack

Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Vite 6, Zustand, Tailwind CSS 4, Monaco Editor, Radix UI

Backend: Rust, Tauri v2, reqwest, tokio, tonic (gRPC), axum (mock servers), deno_core (scripting)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Check out the GitHub Issues for open tasks and feature requests.

License

MIT

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