Request Inbox
★ 5A self-hosted alternative to Postman
Apache License 2.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · Compose · SourceNo external DB
About
Request Inbox is a web application for developers who need a simple place to receive, inspect, and manage HTTP requests during testing and debugging. It offers an alternative to services such as...
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Features
- Create, list, and delete inboxes
- Capture HTTP requests
- Custom responses
- Request inspection
- Request management
- Light and dark themes
- Inbox search
- Auto-refresh
- JSON viewer
- OpenAPI documentation
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Created
- Oct 28, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- Docker and Docker ComposeGo 1.24+Node.js 20+BadgerDB (embedded)DynamoDBAWS LambdaAPI GatewayS3CloudFront
- Authentication
- oauthlocal
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- file-backupimport-export
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- Telemetry: Opt-inCloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (1 volume)
docker-compose.yml · @ 609698d · scanned Jun 5, 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
# ...
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