Milkman – The Better Alternative to Postman

jplunien

Why? https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354960

Offirmo

What is better than the existing, established alternatives https://www.usebruno.com/ and https://insomnia.rest/ ?

manveerc

What’s next garbageman? Jokes aside, why is it better?

gosen

The UI looks a bit outdated, it gives me vibes of some old software from 2000s somehow (probably because of the Java). And it would be really helpful to clearly state benefits of using Milkman instead of Postman right on the home page (e.g. performance benchmarks, UX, extendability, etc.). I see that it has some users and 1.3k stars so there're definitely some cool things in Milkman, probably you could just present them better

zabij

- I got sick of all those electron-based applications - I created a JavaFx-based workbench Oh boi

herpderperator

The author appears to be suggesting that a key difference between Bruno and Insomnia is that Milkman not written in JavaScript/Electron, but rather JavaFx (i.e., Java) and thus is faster.

7734128

Your GUI screenshots are squished on mobile. Stretched vertically.

Jackson98Tom

Have you ever heard about Bruno?

upmostly

Are API testing UIs really relevant anymore? I haven't manually tested an API for almost two years, and my APIs are SO much better. This kind of GUI is going to die over the next 5 years. Postman should be seriously worried.

urig

For a Postman-like experience, I prefer Bruno: https://github.com/usebruno/bruno (not affiliated)

sumedh

Looking at such ugly UI breaks my heart :(

shaaaade

I wish the milkman would deliver my milk... In the morning...

hobo123

By the time I decided I should maybe try postman, I was absolutely turned off that it wants you to setup an account (for what?). Went with Insomnia instead (which IIRC also wants an account now?) and now just some text-mode VSCode http client.

biinjo

We are in an age where it’s easier to vibe code your own alternative than to do a quick internet search to check if an alternative already exists.

elAhmo

Yet another Postman alternative...

dankobgd

i hate this more than electron

ivanjermakov

> New features regularly. There are more and more plugins/features coming. Why all software needs to constantly evolve and grow with features? This is how you end up with what Postman has become.

splittydev

When I saw the UI, my first thought was "is that written in Java"? And indeed, it is. Kinda funny that it's so easy to spot that language based on its horrible default UI skins alone.

ehosca

when will it run on AmigaOS?

hn_submit

How about writing it in C++ or Rust and doing away completely with huge memory footprint and long startup times. Java also needs a runtime, which is bothersome. I suggest using wxWidgets or Qt so you get multi-platform support for free.