Thunder Client

Thunder Client is a lightweight Rest API Client Extension for VS Code, hand-crafted by Ranga Vadhineni with a focus on simplicity, clean design and local storage.

• Featured on Product Hunt
• Featured in the "20 Fan Favorite Extensions" for VS Code
• Website - www.thunderclient.com
• Documentation: docs.thunderclient.com
• Support: github.com/rangav/thunder-client-support

Story behind Thunder Client

• Read Launch Blog Post on Medium

Milestones

• The extension was launched on March 31st, 2021
• 500K downloads on Dec 20th, 2021
• 1 Million downloads on July 13th, 2022
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Usage

• Install the Extension, Click Thunder Client icon on the Action Bar.
• From Sidebar click New Request button to test API

Videos

• Thunder Client quick overview video by James Quick
• Thunder Client introduction video on Youtube

Main Features

• Lightweight and easy to use REST API Client.
• Supports Collections and Environment variables.
• Scriptless Testing: Easily test API responses with a GUI-based interface.
• Local Storage: The extension saves all data locally on the user's device.
• Git Sync: Save requests data in your Git repository for team collaboration.
• CLI: The CLI supports CI and CD integration and generates reports.

Innovations

• First to introduce GUI based API Client for VS Code.
• First to introduce 100% local storage API Client.
• First to introduce Scriptless Testing.
• First to introduce an advanced CLI that runs Requests, Collections and cURL commands.
• More to come...

Documentation (NEW)

• We're excited to launch our new documentation site - https://docs.thunderclient.com