Request Inbox
★ 6A self-hosted alternative to Postman
Apache License 2.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · Compose · SourceNo external DBTelemetry: Opt-Out1 active committer (12mo)
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Request Inbox is a web application for capturing and inspecting HTTP requests during testing and debugging. It is positioned as a free alternative to webhook.site and webhookinbox.com, making it...
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Features
- create/list/delete inboxes
- HTTP request capture
- custom responses
- request inspection
- request deletion
- callbacks
- callback retry
- light and dark themes
- inbox search
- auto-refresh
Details
- Last Updated
- Sep 6, 2026
- Created
- Oct 28, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- DockerDocker ComposeGo 1.26.6+Node.js 20+BadgerDBDynamoDBAWS LambdaAPI GatewayS3CloudFront
- Authentication
- oauthlocal
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- file-backupdatabase-dump
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- Telemetry: Opt-outCloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Run Request Inbox with Docker Compose
Compose file from the Request Inbox project repository.
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (1 volume)
docker-compose.yml · @ 0d27e11 · scanned Sep 23, 2026
services:
request-inbox:
build:
context: .
dockerfile: Dockerfile
ports:
- "80:80"
- "8080:8080"
environment:
- API_MODE=server
- API_HTTP_PORT=8080
- CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS=http://localhost
- DB_ENGINE=badger
- DB_BADGER_PATH=/app/data
- GIN_MODE=release
- ENABLE_PRINT_CONFIG=false
- ENABLE_CALLBACK_URL_VALIDATION=false
- ENABLE_LISTING_PUBLIC_INBOX=true
volumes:
- inbox-data:/app/data
restart: unless-stopped
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget", "--quiet", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost/api/v1/health"]
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
start_period: 40s
volumes:
inbox-data:
driver: local
This file may be out of date. Check the Request Inbox documentation for current setup steps.
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