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Yaak API Client
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An open-source desktop API client for REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, SSE, and gRPC – by @schier.co 💫

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📴 Opt-out of notifications

You can now opt out of Yaak's periodic notification check, for ultimate privacy.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📬 Import more postman auth types

The Postman importer now supports OAuth 2, API key, AWS, JWT, and inherited auth types!
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎨 Assign theme colors to environments

Select theme color for an environment so it always looks good, no matter what theme is active.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🌲 New environment edit sidebar tree

- Multi-select actions
- Drag-n-drop reorder
- Double-click to rename
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🔍 Sidebar request filtering

You can now quickly filter the sidebar using a simple-yet-powerful query language
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
✨✨✨ Yaak offers Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) discounts for qualifying countries, up to 60% off!

29% of license holders are already taking advantage.
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🧠 Bracket matching

Code editors now highlight matching brackets automatically.
Small detail, big clarity.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📁 Drag & drop file inputs

No more browsing for files. Just drag any file onto a “Select File” input anywhere in the app.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
⛓️ Request chaining with TTL

You can now set an expiry on chained requests, and Yaak will automatically re-send them when expired.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔐 AWS Signature v4 Auth

Yaak now supports native AWS authentication. Send signed requests to S3, API Gateway, or any AWS-secured API.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📬 Import Postman environments

Since you asked, you can now bring your Postman environments straight into Yaak.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
✨ All-new multi-select sidebar

You can now re-order multiple items at once, or access context-menu actions like "send request."
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🚀🚀🚀 About to pass 8k
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📦 Better update experience

Say goodbye to the annoying “Update Available” alert that disrupts your focus, and say hello to a better-integrated update experience.
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🖥️ Toggle horizontal/vertical toggle

Toggle between horizontal and vertical layouts by clicking on the “layout” icon in the top-right corner of the window.
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎨 High-contrast themes

Yaak now includes two new high-contrast themes for both light and dark modes.

Look for the "High Contrast Light/Dark" themes in Settings > Theme
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🔐 Keychain template function (new)

Use then new keychain(...) template function to include secrets straight from your operating system's keychain.
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📂 Folder Variables (new)

Create (or override) environment variables for all requests within a folder.

Set them up from Folder (right click) > Settings > Variables.
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Okay, going to remove the responsive layout switching to an explicit control.

- Many of you want a top/bottom layout
- Responsive switching was nice, but annoying sometimes
- Preference is stored on a per-workspace level
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎁 Folder-level environment overrides are now available in the beta
September 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Some reflection before digging into the survey...

Yaak is now 1/3 of the way to financial sustainability. The commercial-use license, introduced just 9 months ago, seems like it will sustain Yaak for the long term. I can finally stop worrying about this.
September 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In less than 2 months, we've surpassed 1000 plugin installs!
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🤷🏼‍♂️
August 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Let's see Postman do this!
August 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Markdown preview improvements!

- Syntax highlighting
- Can now select text
- Code blocks use font from Settings > Interface
- Fix horizontal scrolling bugs
July 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM