Thunder Client

Thunder Client is a lightweight REST API client for VS Code and JetBrains, designed with a focus on simplicity, clean design, and local storage. You can report any bugs or feature requests here.

• Featured on Product Hunt - Product Hunt
• Featured in the "20 Fan Favorite Extensions" for VS Code
• Website - www.thunderclient.com
• Extension - VS Code Marketplace
• Documentation - https://docs.thunderclient.com

Story behind Thunder Client

• Read Launch Blog Post on Medium

Milestones

• The extension was launched on March 31st, 2021
• 500K downloads on Dec 20th, 2021
• 1 Million downloads on July 13th, 2022
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Innovations

• First to introduce GUI based API Client for VS Code.
• First to introduce 100% local storage API Client.
• First to introduce Scriptless Testing.
• First to introduce an advanced CLI that runs Requests, Collections and cURL commands.
• More to come...

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How to Use

• Install the extension, click the Thunder Client icon on the Action Bar.
• From the sidebar click New Request button to test API
• Video: youtube.com/watch?v=NKZ0ahNbmak

Main Features

• Lightweight and easy to use REST API Client.
• Supports Collections and Environment variables.
• Scriptless Testing: Easily test API responses with a GUI-based interface.
• Local Storage: The extension saves all data locally on the user's device.
• Git Sync: Save requests data in your Git repository for team collaboration.
• Advanced CLI: Run requests, collections and cURL commands from the terminal.

Documentation (NEW)

• We're excited to launch our new documentation site - https://docs.thunderclient.com