Yaak - AI Tools Nav

What it is for

Yaak is a local-first desktop API-client desk: you POST /projects, read 201 Created, and personal use is free. Use it when the job is a request you start at a public $, not when you need Postman’s Solo $9 cloud workspace only.

Soft-note: Free personal + Individual $79/yr or $399 lifetime + Business $149/user/yr. Distinct from Postman, Insomnia, and Bruno.

What makes it unique: the cover is Yaak’s official REST POST + 201 (Acme API / Production / Create project, POST ${base_url}/projects, 201 Created, timestamp autocomplete) from assets.yaak.app/uploads/hero-yaak-dark — not a wordmark. The 201 Created header itself is ops of the request.

Key features

REST request — POST /projects with JSON body (cover still; product). One desk. Cover Create project sits here.
201 response — JSON owner / team / tags (cover). A response, not an Individual tile.
Autocomplete — timestamp.iso8601 functions (cover). A function, not a $79 meter.
Sidebar — Projects / Team members / Authentication / Webhooks (cover). A tree, not Get started.
Environments — Production on the cover tab (cover). An env, not Enterprise.
Local-first — requests stay on disk; MIT source at mountain-loop/yaak (pricing). Local, not SSO.

Download / Buy license are CTAs (not desks). Free / Individual / Business $ stay in Pricing. There is no AI extra to drop.

Who it's for

Best fit: developers who will stay on Free personal while they send a first POST /projects — then Individual at $79/yr when work use starts, not Postman Solo $9 first unless they want a hosted workspace.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from yaak.app/pricing. Soft-note: a license is required for work / commercial use; personal is free. Prebuilt binaries are licensed; source is MIT.

Free personal — $0. Download and use Yaak for personal projects.
Individual annual — $79/year. Commercial use, lifetime fallback license, email support. 1 person, up to 3 devices.
Individual lifetime — $399 one-time. All future updates.
Business — $149/user/year. Transferable seats, SSO / provisioning, priority email.
30-day commercial trial on first launch; 30-day refund. No monthly billing. Confirm checkout.

Limitations / costs

Free is personal-only. Work needs Individual / Business. Yaak is local-first — no cloud request sync / team workspace on the pricing page we fetched.
A desktop client, not a hosted mock. For Essentials $0 + mock meters see Insomnia.
OSS MIT source; commercial binaries. We link the verified repo.

Alternatives

Postman — a hosted API platform when you want Free $0 / Solo $9, not a local-first POST /projects.
Insomnia — Kong’s client when you want Essentials $0 / Pro $12, not Yaak’s MIT binary license.
Bruno — a Git-file client when you want OSS Free $0 / Pro $6, not Yaak’s $79/yr Individual.

Official tutorial

Official Yaak – API Client channel video: Yaak 2026.1: Request Debugging, Customizable Hotkeys, and 30 New Themes (oEmbed author: Yaak – API Client). First-party channel film; the REST POST + 201 still is the cover. We searched @yaakapp (200).

Written path: yaak.app/pricing plus github.com/mountain-loop/yaak.

Website

https://yaak.app/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Yaak’s official dark REST POST + 201 still from assets.yaak.app. Dollars checked on yaak.app/pricing (personal $0; Individual $79/yr / $399 lifetime; Business $149/user/yr). GitHub: mountain-loop/yaak (MIT). Tutorial oEmbed author: Yaak – API Client (@yaakapp).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.