# postcatlab/postcat

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5,548 stars · 802 forks · JavaScript · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/Postcatlab/postcat
- Homepage: https://www.postcat.com
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/postcatlab-postcat.md

## Topics

`angular` `api` `electron` `nodejs` `typescirpt` `vue`

## Description

Postcat is an integrated platform for API design and documentation, serving as a REST API client and a mock server. It provides a workspace to define technical requirements and data schemas, allowing development teams to align on interface behavior.

The platform features a plugin architecture that enables the integration of third-party tools and custom capabilities. It decouples frontend and backend development cycles by generating simulated server responses based on predefined data structures.

The toolset includes an environment management system for switching between development, staging, and production configurations. It also covers request testing and response validation to verify that network output matches functional requirements.

## Tags

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [API Development Platforms](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/api-development-tools/api-lifecycle-management/api-development-platforms.md) — Offers a unified platform for API design, environment management, and test cases with a plugin-based architecture for extensibility.
- [Environment Variable Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/environment-variable-managers.md) — Provides a manager for defining and switching between global variables for different server configurations.
- [REST API Clients](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/rest-api-clients.md) — Includes a REST API client for sending network requests and verifying that responses meet functional requirements.
- [API Project Collaboration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/collaborative-api-debugging/api-project-collaboration.md) — Enables sharing of API definitions and test cases among team members for coordinated development. ([source](https://docs.postcat.com/))
- [Development Environment Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/extension-apis/plugin-api-extensions/development-environment-extensions.md) — Integrates third-party plugins to add custom features and tools into a unified API development environment.

### Web Development

- [API Design Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/api-design-tools.md) — An integrated platform for defining technical requirements and data schemas to align development teams on API behavior. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/postcatlab/postcat@main/README.md))
- [API Documentation Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/api-documentation-tools.md) — Provides tools for generating and managing standardized API documentation and schema definitions to share usage details. ([source](https://docs.postcat.com/))
- [API Mocking Servers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/api-mocking-servers.md) — Ships a mock server that simulates backend responses to decouple frontend and backend development.
- [Response Validation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/response-validation.md) — Implements a validation engine to compare live network output against expected functional requirements.

### Networking & Communication

- [API Response Simulators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/network-traffic-processors/api-response-simulators.md) — Ships a simulator that returns predefined data sets in place of live server responses to decouple development cycles. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/postcatlab/postcat@main/README.md))

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [API Specification Definitions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/api-specification-definitions.md) — Provides a system for defining technical requirements and data schemas to ensure consistency across project interfaces. ([source](https://docs.postcat.com/))
- [Shared Repositories](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/api-specification-definitions/shared-repositories.md) — Maintains a shared repository of interface specifications and test cases to synchronize development efforts across teams.
- [Environment Variable Injection](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/application-lifecycle-management/configuration-management/environment-variable-management/environment-variable-injection.md) — Implements dynamic injection of request parameters and headers based on the active deployment configuration.
- [Third-Party Plugins](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/extensibility/third-party-plugins.md) — Provides a framework for integrating third-party plugins to extend the development environment's capabilities. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/postcatlab/postcat@main/README.md))
- [Modular Plugin Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/modular-plugin-architectures.md) — Uses a modular architecture that separates core API management from optional plugins to keep the installation lightweight.
- [Plugin-Based Extensibility](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/plugin-based-extensibility.md) — Provides a plugin-based system for adding custom features and tools by loading external modules into the runtime.

### Testing & Quality Assurance

- [API Endpoint Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/api-endpoint-testing.md) — Includes a tool for sending live HTTP requests to verify that returned data matches functional requirements. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/postcatlab/postcat@main/README.md))
- [Request Testing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/http-request-clients/api-request-clients/request-testing.md) — Provides a REST API client for sending requests and validating that the returned data matches functional requirements.
- [Schema-Driven Mocking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/testing-quality-assurance/software-testing/dependency-mocking/automated-mock-generation/schema-driven-mocking.md) — Generates simulated server responses automatically based on predefined data structures and technical interface specifications.

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Environment Variable Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/configuration-management/environment-management/environment-variable-management.md) — Provides a system for managing global and environment-specific variables to switch between development, staging, and production. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/postcatlab/postcat@main/README.md))

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Api 网关项目](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/more/api.md) — Listed in the “Api 网关项目” section of the Great Open Source Project awesome list.