cask

Install postman with Homebrew Cask

Collaboration platform for API development. Version 12.34.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#postman.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask postman

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Collaboration platform for API development

Project links

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

Postman is an API development and collaboration platform. Its desktop application supports sending and debugging requests, organizing APIs and collections, running tests, managing variables and secrets, and collaborating through cloud workspaces.

Project history

Abhinav Asthana conceived Postman after encountering cumbersome API testing and debugging workflows. The first public announcement appeared in a Stack Overflow reply in 2012, and the tool initially spread as a Chrome application.

Rapid adoption led Asthana, Ankit Sobti and Abhijit Kane to establish Postman, Inc. in 2014. The product subsequently expanded from a request client into a collaborative platform covering the API lifecycle.

Adoption history

The original Chrome application approached half a million users before the company was formed. Postman reports that its platform now serves more than 40 million users and 500,000 companies, including 98% of the Fortune 500.

How it is used

Developers use the desktop application to construct HTTP requests, inspect responses, automate tests with collections, work with environments and variables, manage authorization data, configure certificates and proxies, and synchronize work through Postman Cloud or supported Git workflows.

Why package nerds care

Postman helped turn ad hoc HTTP request testing into a mainstream, collection-oriented API workflow. For package-manager users, its desktop cask is a common workstation tool spanning request construction, automated tests, environments, documentation, collaboration and API governance.

Timeline

2012: First public announcement of the Postman tool
2014: Postman, Inc. was established
2021: Postman reported 17 million developers and 50 million active collections
2026: Postman reported more than 40 million users and 500,000 companies

Related projects

Postman web app
Postman Desktop Agent
Postman CLI
Newman
Postman Visual Studio Code extension
Postman Collections

Sources

Official company history: https://www.postman.com/company/about-postman/
Official documentation: https://learning.postman.com/docs/
Official founder history: https://blog.postman.com/how-we-built-postman-product-and-company/
Official press facts: https://www.postman.com/company/press-media/

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for postman. 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.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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/Postman/
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Postman/
Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Postman\%APPDATA%\Postman\

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
No executable data was present.

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 generated2026-11-04

manager version12.34.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.postman.com/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.postman.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:postman
Version	12.34.0
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/postman
Homepage	https://www.postman.com/
Upstream docs	https://www.postman.com/
Source archive	https://dl.pstmn.io/download/version/12.34.0/osx_arm64
SHA-256	bff311c819c450eea1f70314d68601450f4fcb6abd4cfd935f1c6641440b2f70
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	postman
Names	Postman
Artifacts	App 1 Target 1 Uninstall 1 Zap 1
Auto Updates	yes
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

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%

postman

nix profile install nixpkgs#postman

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman

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

Chocolatey95%

postman

choco install postman

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: postman from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','pnpm'

Scoop95%

extras/postman

scoop install extras/postman

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman

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

winget95%

Postman.Postman

winget install --id Postman.Postman -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Postman.Postman from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

winget95%

Postman.Postman.arm64

winget install --id Postman.Postman.arm64 -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Postman

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Postman.Postman.arm64 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/postman.yml

Used sources

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