Hoppscotch Desktop for Mac: A Fast, Lightweight Alternative to Postman
Meet Hoppscotch Desktop: a fast, open-source alternative to Postman, designed with performance and simplicity in mind. Built using Rust and Tauri, Hoppscotch Desktop runs natively on macOS, giving developers a snappy and resource efficient API testing experience, online or offline. Whether you're building RESTful APIs, working with GraphQL, or debugging WebSockets, Hoppscotch Desktop has you covered with all the essential features, without the bloat. Download Hoppscotch Today! Why Hoppscotch Desktop? We created Hoppscotch to make API testing feel less like a chore and more like part of the creative development flow. The web version of Hoppscotch already delivers that experience in the browser. But we knew many developersm especially those on macOS, wanted something more native, more powerful, and available offline. That’s where Hoppscotch Desktop comes in. It’s everything you love about the Hoppscotch web app, wrapped in a native desktop experience that’s fast, lightweight, and built specifically for macOS. Built with Rust and Tauri: Performance Matters A big part of what makes Hoppscotch Desktop different from heavier tools like Postman app lies in its architecture. Instead of relying on Electron which packages an entire Chromium browser with every app, we built Hoppscotch Desktop using Rust and Tauri.

Meet Hoppscotch Desktop: a fast, open-source alternative to Postman, designed with performance and simplicity in mind. Built using Rust and Tauri, Hoppscotch Desktop runs natively on macOS, giving developers a snappy and resource efficient API testing experience, online or offline.
Whether you're building RESTful APIs, working with GraphQL, or debugging WebSockets, Hoppscotch Desktop has you covered with all the essential features, without the bloat.
Why Hoppscotch Desktop?
We created Hoppscotch to make API testing feel less like a chore and more like part of the creative development flow. The web version of Hoppscotch already delivers that experience in the browser. But we knew many developersm especially those on macOS, wanted something more native, more powerful, and available offline.
That’s where Hoppscotch Desktop comes in.
It’s everything you love about the Hoppscotch web app, wrapped in a native desktop experience that’s fast, lightweight, and built specifically for macOS.
Built with Rust and Tauri: Performance Matters
A big part of what makes Hoppscotch Desktop different from heavier tools like Postman app lies in its architecture.
Instead of relying on Electron which packages an entire Chromium browser with every app, we built Hoppscotch Desktop using Rust and Tauri.