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Pico API

A lightweight Postman alternative in a Chrome tab

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Pico API is a lightweight HTTP client and REST API testing tool for Chrome. Send requests, debug APIs, watch streaming responses live, and manage environments — all locally in your browser.

PH · launched Sep 8, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: api testing and mocking tools · 85 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -22% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Chrome Extensions
  • API
  • Developer Tools
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Yes A lightweight Chrome extension for sending HTTP requests and inspecting responses can be easily developed using standard browser fetch APIs and Manifest V3.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 42 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #34 of 43 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 135 days after the earliest competitor.

  • urlshot.io · ph · 2026-09-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • Picrota · ph · 2026-10-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • FronzaTools · ph · 2026-09-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • getman · github · 2026-10-14 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • Pictoflow · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • PicoMQ · hn · 2026-08-24 · 159 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • GlowHalo Utility APIs · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.37
  • Pixelorid Resto · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.37

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