A terminal-native HTTP client for developers who want their requests to live with their code.

Sendra lets you define HTTP requests as plain YAML files and run them directly from the shell, or browse and run them from a full interactive terminal UI. Same binary, same requests, your choice of interface.

sendra run examples/get-user.yaml

Requests are files — reviewable, diffable, version-controlled, and shareable.

• Requests as YAML — method, URL, headers, body, and more.
• Collections — group related requests into repeatable API workflows.
• Environments — use the same requests across development, staging, and production.
• Assertions & testing — define expectations and let sendra test pass or fail your build.
• Request chaining — capture values from responses and use them in subsequent requests.
• Embedded scripting — pre/post-request hooks powered by an embedded scripting engine (Rhai). No Node.js runtime required.
• A full interactive TUI — browse collections, edit requests, switch environments, and review run history without leaving the terminal. Bare sendra or sendra tui launches it.
• Terminal-native — built for the shell and designed to work naturally alongside your codebase.

Sendra is built with Rust and is designed to keep API workflows close to the code they exercise.

The request is the file.

# Shell (macOS/Linux)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/sendra-lab/Sendra/releases/latest/download/sendra-cli-installer.sh | sh

# npm / pnpm / bun
npm install @sendra-lab/sendra

# Homebrew
brew install sendra-lab/tap/sendra-cli

# cargo
cargo install sendra-cli

See the releases page for Windows and manual binary downloads.

Full reference documentation, design decisions, and the changelog live at the Sendra website

v0.1.0 is out — core CLI (run, test, assertions, chaining, environments, scripting, OAuth) and the full TUI are both shipped, in the same binary, available via GitHub Releases, npm, Homebrew, and crates.io.

Built with Rust.