Why I built RedfireForge: one workbench for six API protocols

I was tired of keeping four tools open to test one service. HTTP in a REST client. GraphQL in another tab. A gRPC call in the terminal. A WebSocket in wscat . Kafka somewhere else. Load testing in a fifth window. None of them shared variables or a single report. RedfireForge is my attempt to put that in one workbench. What it is An open-source visual API testing and load-testing app for HTTP,…

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RedfireForge is an open-source, visual API testing and load-testing application designed to work with six distinct protocols: HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, Server-Sent Events (SSE), and Kafka. The tool brings all these functionalities into one workbench, enabling users to send ad-hoc requests, chain calls in a workflow designer, run load tests with assertions, and even set up a local mock server.

The RedfireForge project is currently hosted on GitHub, and a live demo can be found at https://demo.redfireforge.com. Users can download the application for free from the official website or via the provided download link.

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