Hoppscotch
Hoppscotch is a desktop API client for sending, testing, and organizing HTTP, GraphQL, and related API requests across development workflows.
What is Hoppscotch?
Hoppscotch is a developer tool for working with APIs from a native desktop app on macOS and other platforms. It helps developers, testers, and technical teams send requests, inspect responses, organize collections, and manage environments while building or validating backend services. The desktop app is a standalone client that complements Hoppscotch’s web and CLI offerings, giving users a local app experience for day-to-day API development. Common uses include testing REST and GraphQL endpoints, trying authentication flows, reusing variables across requests, and sharing API work in team settings. Hoppscotch also supports workflows such as request history, scripting, imports and exports, and self-hosted deployments for organizations that manage their own infrastructure. It is published by HOPPSCOTCH LIMITED.
Key features
- Send and test HTTP, GraphQL, and other API requests from a desktop client.
- Organize requests into collections for repeatable development and testing workflows.
- Manage environment variables to reuse values across requests and projects.
- Review request history and inspect API responses during debugging.
- Use pre-request scripts and post-request tests to automate checks.
- Work with authentication methods such as OAuth in API testing flows.
- Import and export API data for collaboration and tool interoperability.
- Connect to cloud or self-hosted Hoppscotch setups for team-based work.
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Hoppscotch is legitimate API development software. It can store request details, environment variables, cookies, and authentication information as part of normal API testing, so avoid saving production secrets on shared Macs unless your team expects that workflow. Network access is essential to its purpose because it sends requests to APIs you choose. If you no longer use it, removing the app may also remove locally stored request history, saved environments, and session data.
Recommendation: Keep Hoppscotch if you use it for API development, testing, or working with self-hosted or team API projects. Remove it if you no longer need a desktop API client and do not need its locally saved requests, environments, or cookies. If you use sensitive credentials in your requests, review what is stored locally before uninstalling or sharing the Mac.
Common paths
/Applications/Hoppscotch.app
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