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URL: https://dev.to/jairofernandez/knock-a-new-alternative-to-insomnia-postman-and-more-1nf9

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I am a bit tired of skip the license process on all tools, when I want to use some tools I need to use my TC or use the app in a poorly experience, that is the reason I created "knock", I'll be honest, the tool is for me, but I hope maybe could be useful for you, some screenshots are bellow

👁 Workspace manager for your requests

Tools

JWT validator

👁 Tools available close to you, JWT validator

Base64

👁 base 64

Typical requests view

👁 Project view

Version your workspace and share

Use git to manage your projects

👁 manage projects

k8s

Some extra tools for k8s, like Kubeconfig manifest encripted, and allow you to organize that chaos. Load a shell with your cluster and the shell allows mouse-based cursor positioning.

👁 k8s manifests manager

👁 Shell included

If you read at this point, please give me a ⭐️ in the repository, you have not idea how important is this for all opensource contributors 🤗

Install

Desktop app — Quick install (Linux / macOS)

One-liner. Resolves latest release, downloads the right asset for your OS/arch, installs it, and (after confirming) strips macOS Gatekeeper quarantine.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | bash

Pin a version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.1.0

Linux: defaults to .AppImage. Switch to .deb or .rpm (require sudo):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | KNOCK_APP_FORMAT=deb bash

Desktop app — Quick install (Windows)

PowerShell. Downloads .msi and runs it.

iwrhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.ps1|iex

Silent install:

$env:KNOCK_SILENT="1"iwrhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.ps1|iex

Knock

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HTTP client + workspace toolkit. Ships as a CLI (knock) and a Tauri desktop app (Knock).

Workspace layout:

apps/knock-app Tauri 2 desktop app (React + Vite frontend)
crates/knock-cli knock CLI binary
crates/knock-core Shared core library

Install

Quick install (Linux / macOS — CLI)

One-liner. Downloads the latest release for your OS/arch, places knock in ~/.local/bin, and (after confirming) strips the macOS Gatekeeper quarantine attribute so the unsigned binary can run.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Pin a version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.1.0

Custom prefix:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | KNOCK_PREFIX=/usr/local/bin bash

If ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH, add it:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Quick install (Windows — CLI)

PowerShell. Installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Knock\bin and adds it to user PATH.

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

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