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Cartero is the lightweight HTTP client that you can use to test your APIs. Avoid bloat, respect your privacy, reject cloud; that's the motto.

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I've compiled Cartero from source and I'll be using it for work this week. If I don't lose my files or experience any regressions in general, I'll release 0.2.2 by the end of the week.

The draft of bug fixes and changes currently looks like this.
April 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just approved and merged a patch to translate @cartero to Galician
April 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Also, we have a new website design and it's live at https://cartero.danirod.es (you might have to press F5 harder, cache is too aggresive).

The screenshot is now more clear, adapts to dark mode, and there are designs for GNU/Linux, MacOS and Windows. You'll […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
March 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Also, while still not merged, the Windows version of Cartero is having the default font size increased for the next version too, so the user interface text will be easier to read.

The macOS version also had the font size changed a couple of weeks ago (see […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A new version has been uploaded to the edge channel of the Snapcraft package.

This snapshot adds the last feature to be added in this cycle, a new panel to set the authorization credentials of a request. Currently only supports basic auth and bearer tokens, with more methods in the future.
March 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Request error messages have landed into trunk.

In the next version of Cartero, whenever a request fails, you'll see a full screen error message saying exactly what's wrong, not just a notification that says "HTTP error". They work exactly as you would expect.
March 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Also, if you are using Cartero on macOS:

1. There's now a square version of the icon, so that it looks similar to other applications in your dock.

2. The window font is now larger. I use Cartero at work (dogfooding!) and staring at small text all day was hurting my eyes so bad.
March 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Cartero is getting a new application icon for the next release. I know, so much for minimalism, but the current icon had too many details to be recognisable when scaled down. The envelope stripes are now larger (it's an air mail envelope! ✈️), and the colors are more consistent.
March 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Slowly cooking something for a future update: real message dialogs that you have to dismiss (after reading probably) with proper explanations on what failed.

Small notifications in a corner that just say "something failed" are not very useful, I reckon.
March 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM