RedfireForge
HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, Kafka, SSE + mock in one UI
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A local-first workbench for HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket, SSE, and Kafka in one UI. Desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux) or browser. Same engine in CI: npm install -g redfireforge-cli. Workflow designer, load testing, and a built-in mock server. AGPL v3. Current release is 0.8.x — not 1.0.
PH · launched Sep 15, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 1 view
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
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Partial A client UI for API testing can be vibe-coded, but supporting diverse binary and streaming protocols (gRPC protobufs, Kafka distributed brokers, WebSocket, SSE) along with high-throughput load testing and mocking engines requires deep protocol engineering.
What it would actually take: A true competitor to Postman/Bruno requires a native or Go/Rust backend engine capable of dynamic Protobuf reflection for gRPC, native librdkafka/Kafka wire protocol bindings, SSL/TLS handshake configurations, and an efficient event loop for multi-protocol load testing. The CLI and desktop execution layers must share a robust execution runtime that handles streaming socket multiplexing and sandboxed scripting environments.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 237 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #189 of 238 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 318 days after the earliest competitor.
- BlazeMQ · hn · 2026-02-10 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- RESTLab · ph · 2026-10-09 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- OpenWorkers · hn · 2026-01-01 · 500 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Backfire · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- gRPC Graphql Gateway · ph · 2026-09-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Spitfire · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Bifurc · ph · 2026-10-27 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- GFLFC-decryption-rpocket-toolkit · github · 2026-11-05 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.41
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