Velo — Native API Client for MacOS

A native API client for macOS

HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, and SSE in a single app that starts instantly, uses almost no RAM, and keeps your data on your machine.

Download Velo 1.0 See features

Free · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon and Intel · 4 MB

Velo running on macOS

Why Velo

Most API clients are Electron apps that take 5 seconds to launch and chew through 800 MB of RAM before you’ve sent a single request. Velo is built natively for macOS — it launches in under 200 ms, idles under 30 MB, and uses 0% CPU while you’re not interacting with it.

It does HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, and Server-Sent Events. It saves nothing to the cloud. There is no account to create. It is free.

HTTP requests

GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, plus full header and body editing. Inspect responses with proper syntax highlighting and a tree view for JSON.

GraphQL

Schema introspection, query autocompletion, variables, and result inspection. Works against any standards-compliant GraphQL endpoint.

WebSocket

Connect, send, and receive frames. Inspect connection state, ping/pong timing, and the full message log.

Server-Sent Events

First-class SSE support. Subscribe to event streams, view raw and parsed event data, and reconnect on disconnect.

Local-first

Everything stays on your machine. No telemetry, no remote sync, no account required. Open the file format if you want — it's plain JSON.

Native UI

Built with SwiftUI. Real macOS keyboard shortcuts, real menu bar, real Touch ID for credentials, real dark mode.

Velo welcome screen Velo HTTP response inspection Velo GraphQL editor Velo command palette

How Velo compares

VeloPostmanInsomniaBruno
Native macOS✅❌❌❌
Startup time<200ms5-8s4-6s2-3s
Idle RAM~30 MB600-900 MB400-700 MB250-400 MB
HTTP✅✅✅✅
GraphQL✅✅✅✅
WebSocket✅✅✅❌
Server-Sent Events✅❌❌❌
Account required❌✅✅❌
Cloud sync defaultn/a✅✅❌
PriceFree$14/seat/mo$5/seat/moFree

Get Velo

Download Velo 1.0 · 4 MB Or use Homebrew

Free forever. No account. macOS 13+ required.

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