welcome to try and share your feedback here or here: github.com/VoidenHQ/voiden :)
Comment on Voiden - A Markdown based Open Source Alternative to Postman
melfie@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Postman never appealed me for these exact reasons, and I usually just use curl, but this looks like a great option.
nikolasdimi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
nikolasdimi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yap, I think the plain text all the way from design, tests and docs is powerful. Looking forward to any thoughts you might have when you try.
dafalcon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s 2026, and we’re still essentially filling in the same request forms from almost two decades ago. Headers table. Params table. Body tab. Raw/JSON toggle. Postman’s surrounding ecosystem grew. The pricing model evolved. The cloud story expanded. But the core interaction model barely changed.
For a company that once redefined API tooling, I feel they dropped the ball in innovating the hell out when they had the chance. Now they are burdened by their own success - cant move and cant adapt. Only squeeze people for more.
And maybe the bigger impact, sadly of Postman, is what happened to the ecosystem. Because Postman defined the category so strongly, most competitors copied it. For years, innovation in API tooling meant “Postman, but open-source” or “Postman, but git-based.” The dominant UX pattern became the ceiling. Everyone optimized to replace it - few tried to rethink it.
And I think thats where I see tools like Voiden as a breath of fresh air - a modern take, composable blocks, programmable interfaces. I love it. I dont want to be clicking 100 buttons to figure out whats in my api “tab”. :D