Restish

Spec sheet

Purpose

Restish is a command-line tool for working with REST-style HTTP APIs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Intended users

The docs describe using Restish to explore APIs with generic URL requests and to work with registered APIs through generated commands.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Available platforms

desktopRead 20 Sep 2026 · rest.sh

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · rest.sh

Security

The documentation recommends keeping secrets out of shared project configuration and referencing secret values through environment variables.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

License

The project is released under the MIT License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

API discovery

It discovers OpenAPI descriptions and generates API-aware commands, help, and shell completion.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Authentication

Documented authentication options include bearer tokens, API keys, Basic Auth, OAuth, and profile-based credentials.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Install options

The install guide lists Homebrew, Go source installation, mise, OS-specific release archives, and a GitHub Container Registry image.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Output

It can render responses in formats including JSON, YAML, tables, CSV, NDJSON, lines, and raw downloads.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plugins

The project documents plugins for bulk workflows, CSV, MCP, TLS signing, and custom API behavior.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Request input

It supports shorthand request bodies, stdin, forms, multipart uploads, and files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Response filtering

It filters normalized responses with shorthand queries or jq expressions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Supported desktop systems

Release archives are published for macOS, Linux, and Windows on amd64 and arm64.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rest.sh

Plans and prices

Every Restish plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• API clients#33 of 387.5