Developer tools / Yaak
Yaak
Your requests on your machine, versioned with Git. Interact with any API using the app or agent-friendly CLI.
Where it stands
3.9 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.3 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Yaak yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use Yaak?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want to use it without creating an account. Its own pages say none is needed.
- Your files must stay on your own device. Its own pages say they do.
- You want a free option. It states: “Free for personal use with no license. Commercial use has a 30-day trial starting on first launch, with no credit card or signup…”
Check first
Nothing to flag from what we know.
Does: API testing
Measured signals
4.3 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Yaak's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 106 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 9 classified comments from 4 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“I’ve been using Yaak for a few weeks now and it’s great. I bounce around API clients a lot because the UX just never feels right, they always get in the way or start to feel clunky sooner or later. With Yaak it feels…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“How can we be sure that Yaak won't be sold and enshittified two years from now. Maybe I'm nitpicky, but I love sticking to software for years, had to ditch Insomnia after an auto-update killed my collections and wanted…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Show HN: Yaak – An open source, Git-friendly desktop API client (2025, 61 comments) · Yaak is now open source (2024, 42 comments) · Yaak 2.0 – Git, WebSockets, OAuth, and More (2025, 21 comments) · Why Yaak is not open source (2024, 12 comments)
These facts may be out of date. One of the official pages they came from changed on 2026-11-10, after we last read it. Check the tool's own pages before you rely on a price or a limit.
- Free tier
- Free for personal use with no license. Commercial use has a 30-day trial starting on first launch, with no credit card or signup required.
- Paid plan
- Individual $79 per year; Individual lifetime $399 one-time; Business $149 per user per year. Annual billing only. Currency shown only as $. 50% discount for eligible residents of lower purchasing power countries.
- Signup
- Personal use and trial need no account. Licenses are tied to a Yaak account.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says requests, responses, environments and workspace data are stored on-device and not sent to the company. Operational metadata (license status, app version, OS) is sent to the company. Retention periods not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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- API testingNot tested yet
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