Ofcors vs Postman

A Postman alternative that stays on your machine.

Postman has grown into a cloud platform for API teams. Ofcors is a fast desktop client for hands-on API work: no account, your workspace in a file on your computer, and secrets in your OS keychain. Free.

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Compared on 4 October 2026, from Postman's own pricing and documentation (linked below).

The short version

Ofcors fits if you want

Everything to work without an account: collections, environments, the lot.
Your work in a file on your computer, or as plain files in your repo, not in someone's cloud.
Secrets in the macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager or Secret Service.
A native app that opens instantly.
gRPC with protos synced from your git repo, a FieldMask picker and schema-drift warnings.
Flows: requests that pass values along, for chores like creating sandbox accounts, with script steps in any language. Run them from the app or the ofcors command.
A chat view for testing streaming AI endpoints, and an MCP inspector.

Postman fits better if you rely on

Pre-request and test scripts in JavaScript on every request.
Monitors, mock servers and published API docs.
WebSocket, Socket.IO or MQTT requests.
Organisation-wide features: API catalog, governance rules, the API Network.

Ofcors doesn't do these yet. If they're central to your work, Postman is the better tool today.

Side by side

	Ofcors	Postman
Account	Not needed for anything.	Needed for collections and environments. Signed out, you get a lightweight client that can send requests but can't save to collections or use environments. Source
Where your work lives	A file in your app data folder, or plain YAML files in a project folder in your repo. Nothing leaves your computer unless you share it.	Postman's cloud: "a cloud-based product that syncs your work when you're signed in" (source). Since March 2026, Native Git can also keep collections as files in your repo (source).
Secrets	In your OS keychain, never in the workspace file, exports or AI prompts.	Local Vault on one machine, or a Shared Vault in Postman's cloud on paid plans. Source
Protocols	REST, GraphQL, gRPC, server-sent events, MCP.	REST, GraphQL, gRPC, server-sent events, MCP, WebSocket, Socket.IO, MQTT.
gRPC protos	Synced from your git repo in the background (Buf workspaces too), FieldMask picker, warnings when the server sends fields your protos don't define.	Server reflection, or `.proto` files you import. Source
Chaining requests	Flows: each step can use earlier responses, with checks, repeats and inputs. A notebook, or a canvas you drag values across.	Scripts, and Postman Flows, a visual drag-and-drop canvas.
Scripting	Script steps in flows, in Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Bash or any command. No scripts on single requests.	Pre-request and post-response JavaScript.
CI runs, monitors, mocks, docs	CI runs with the `ofcors` command. Monitors, mocks and docs: not yet.	Yes: Postman CLI and Newman, monitors, mock servers, published docs.
Expired tokens	Any login request can feed a token variable; it's refreshed when it expires and retried once on a 401.	Token handling through auth helpers and scripts.
The app	Native: a Rust core in a Tauri shell.	Electron. Source

Pricing

From 1 March 2026, Postman's Free plan covers one user. Teams pay per person. Postman pricing

	Ofcors	Postman
One person	Free	Free, or Solo at $9 a month
A team of 5	Free to use	Team plan: 5 × $19 = $95 a month
A team of 20	Free to use	Team plan: 20 × $19 = $380 a month

Postman prices are per user per month, billed annually; Enterprise is custom. Everyone can use Ofcors free on their own computer. A paid Team plan for live shared workspaces is coming, and it will be free for teams of up to 3.

Switching takes a minute.

In Postman, choose ⋯ → Export next to a collection, and next to each environment you use.
In Ofcors, click Import in the sidebar, pick the Postman tab and drop the files in.
That's it. Folders, auth, bodies and {{variables}} come across, including {{$guid}} and {{$randomEmail}}.

Ofcors tells you what doesn't come over. Postman's scripts aren't run: use a Flow's checks or script steps, or an auto-refreshing token variable in place of a login script. File uploads need picking again.

Ofcors's Import dialog on the Postman tab, showing a collection with 3 requests and an environment ready to import, and a note that 2 test scripts won't be imported.

Questions

Can I keep using Postman alongside Ofcors?

Yes. Importing doesn't change anything in Postman, and both read the same {{variable}} syntax, so you can try Ofcors on one collection first.

Will my environments and secrets come across?

Yes. Exported environments become Ofcors environments, and values marked secret in Postman go into your OS keychain. Values you kept only in Postman's Vault aren't in the export, so add those in Ofcors.

What about my pre-request and test scripts?

They aren't imported or run; the import counts the ones it skipped, so you know where to look. The common cases have direct replacements: Flows for chaining requests and checking responses (with script steps in Python, JavaScript or any language for the rest), and auto-refreshing token variables for "log in first" scripts.

Is Ofcors affiliated with Postman?

No. Ofcors is an independent product. Postman is a trademark of Postman, Inc.

Try it on one collection.

Free, no account, and your Postman setup stays as it is.

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