install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install resterm

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#resterm

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/re/resterm/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/resterm

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/resterm.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Terminal client for .http/.rest files with HTTP, GraphQL, and gRPC support

Project links

Commands and aliases

resterm

history

Project history and usage

Resterm is a terminal-based, version-control-friendly API client and automation runner for plain request files.

Project history

Resterm was created as an Apache-2.0-licensed terminal API client built around editable `.http` and `.rest` files.

The project expanded beyond interactive HTTP requests into scripted workflows, mocks, profiling, tracing, streaming transports, OpenAPI import, collections, CI output, and a purpose-built RestermScript language.

Adoption history

Resterm is distributed through Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop according to source_facts.package-manager. The project also publishes cross-platform release binaries and supports installation from Go source.

The official repository's compatibility documentation and version-matched embedded manual indicate an emphasis on stable, distributable v1 workflows.

How it is used

Users create or open `.http` or `.rest` files, choose an environment, and send requests interactively from the terminal UI. `resterm run` executes the same files in scripts and CI with JSON or JUnit results.

Workspace variables can be placed in `resterm.env.json`; optional dotenv files can be selected with `--env-file`. Global themes and keybindings live in the OS-specific configuration directory, which can be overridden with `RESTERM_CONFIG_DIR`.

Why package nerds care

Resterm treats plain `.http` files as the durable source format, so requests, tests, workflows, and mocks can live in version control without a proprietary workspace database.

It combines a terminal UI with a headless CI runner and unusually broad protocol and infrastructure support, including GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, SSE, OpenAPI import, SSH tunnels, Kubernetes port-forwards, tracing, and mock servers.

Timeline

Initial project: Published as a Go terminal client for plain HTTP request files.
Later development: Added GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, SSE, workflows, mocks, tracing, OpenAPI import, tunneling, collections, and CI-oriented output.

Related projects

Resterm is compatible with the broader ecosystem of plain `.http` request files and serves workflows commonly handled by curl, graphical API clients, and API test runners.

Sources

Input package coverage: source_facts.package-manager
Official repository and documentation: https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for resterm. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/resterm/bindings.toml~/.config/resterm/bindings.json~/.config/resterm/themes/*.toml
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/resterm/bindings.toml~/Library/Application Support/resterm/bindings.json~/Library/Application Support/resterm/themes/*.toml
Windows: %APPDATA%\resterm\bindings.toml%APPDATA%\resterm\bindings.json%APPDATA%\resterm\themes\*.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: <environment-search-directory>/resterm.env.json<environment-search-directory>/rest-client.env.json
Windows: <environment-search-directory>\resterm.env.json<environment-search-directory>\rest-client.env.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`resterm`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version1.8.1

manager updated2026-09-18

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.5.0

https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:resterm
Version	1.8.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/resterm
Homepage	https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm
Repository	https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-18T20:59:36Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	resterm
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

resterm

nix profile install nixpkgs#resterm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Resterm

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/resterm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/resterm

scoop install main/resterm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Resterm

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/resterm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/resterm.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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