# Slumber

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Slumber and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free terminal HTTP client people praise for polish, simplicity and quick setup; critics mention screen reader problems and missing keys.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple, polished, quick to get running (3 comments): "with enough polish and a little bit of passion like this Slumber app, they do become worth sharing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48237272)) "looks nice when you want to quickly get something up and running" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233065)) "slumber has a very nice and simple cli" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45833498))
- Integrations like OpenAPI and Neovim (2 comments): "OpenAPI integration is a great feature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235385)) "Love the support for neovim integration" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48232701))

## What people warn about

- Short JSON response display (1 comments): "10-20ish lines for the json response is really, really not enough" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234889))
- Missing delete key and hyperlink support (2 comments): "Delete key does not exist, Fn-Backspace does not work too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235210)) "the software does not follow a hyperlink" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234412))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postman.md): 17 recommend
- [Bruno API client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bruno.md): 11 recommend
- [Voiden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voiden.md): 9 recommend
- [Kvile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvile.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Slumber", https://hackerapproved.com/p/slumber-tui-http-client/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).