Banana-pi: I got tired of ugly API tools, so I built one

I don't hate Postman, but I don't love opening it either. It's heavy, the UI fights you a little, and for quick exploratory API work I just wanted something that opens instantly and looks like it was designed this decade. That's basically the entire origin story of banana-pi.

Speed as a feature

The core idea is speed as a feature, not an afterthought — request history, response visualization, and syntax highlighting all need to feel instant, not like they're waiting on a render cycle. No bloated Electron shell dragging everything down, no fifteen tabs of settings you'll never touch.

If a tool makes you think about the tool instead of the API you're testing, it's failed.

It's still growing, but the north star hasn't changed: open it, hit an endpoint, see the response clearly, move on with your day.