Install advancedrestclient with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

Project history

Advanced REST Client evolved into an Electron desktop application whose main source repository is arc-electron. The project presents itself as open API tooling and manages planning, contributions, releases, and issue reporting publicly.

Its request architecture delegates transport and request preparation to reusable Advanced REST Client modules. Requests can incorporate authorization and cookies, and completed responses can be recorded in history with redirect and timing details.

Adoption history

ARC was distributed as a cross-platform desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an open development process and packaged releases. The Electron repository accumulated a long release series culminating in the documented 17.x desktop releases.

Homebrew cask packaging supplied a package-manager route for macOS users, complementing the installers published with upstream releases.

How it is used

Users compose an HTTP request, configure headers, query parameters, body, cookies, and authorization, then inspect the response, redirects, timing information, and request history.

ARC can persist request history and authorization-related request data internally, but the official documentation reviewed does not identify a stable credentials-file or user configuration-file location.

Why package nerds care

ARC belongs to the class of graphical HTTP clients used to inspect and exercise APIs without writing a one-off script. Its open Electron implementation, request history, authorization handling, cookies, redirects, timing data, and HAR-oriented request information make it useful for API debugging and reproducible development workflows.

Timeline

• The official sources reviewed do not state a reliable initial project date.
• 2020: The repository's contribution workflow referenced the redesign2020 development branch.
• 2022: The project published its documented 17.0.9 desktop release.

Related projects

• The wider advanced-rest-client GitHub organization contains reusable request, authorization, and UI modules used by the Electron application.
• ARC occupies a similar workflow niche to other graphical API clients, while emphasizing its open-web and open-tooling project model.

Sources

• Input field source_facts.package-manager
• https://docs.advancedrestclient.com/
• https://github.com/advanced-rest-client/arc-electron
• https://github.com/advanced-rest-client/arc-electron/blob/master/docs/request-architecture.md
• https://github.com/advanced-rest-client/arc-electron/releases