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Jairo Fernández
Jairo Fernández

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Knock a new alternative to Insomnia, postman and more...

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I am a bit tired of skip the license process on all tools, when I want to use some tools I need to use my TC or use the app in a poorly experience, that is the reason I created "knock", I'll be honest, the tool is for me, but I hope maybe could be useful for you, some screenshots are bellow

Workspace manager for your requests

Tools

JWT validator

Tools available close to you, JWT validator

Base64

base 64

Typical requests view

Project view

Version your workspace and share

Use git to manage your projects

manage projects

k8s

Some extra tools for k8s, like Kubeconfig manifest encripted, and allow you to organize that chaos. Load a shell with your cluster and the shell allows mouse-based cursor positioning.

k8s manifests manager

Shell included

If you read at this point, please give me a ⭐️ in the repository, you have not idea how important is this for all opensource contributors 🤗

Install

Desktop app — Quick install (Linux / macOS)

One-liner. Resolves latest release, downloads the right asset for your OS/arch, installs it, and (after confirming) strips macOS Gatekeeper quarantine.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | bash
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Pin a version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.1.0
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Linux: defaults to .AppImage. Switch to .deb or .rpm (require sudo):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.sh | KNOCK_APP_FORMAT=deb bash
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Desktop app — Quick install (Windows)

PowerShell. Downloads .msi and runs it.

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.ps1 | iex
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Silent install:

$env:KNOCK_SILENT = "1"
iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install-app.ps1 | iex
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Knock

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HTTP client + workspace toolkit. Ships as a CLI (knock) and a Tauri desktop app (Knock).

Workspace layout:

apps/knock-app    Tauri 2 desktop app (React + Vite frontend)
crates/knock-cli  knock CLI binary
crates/knock-core Shared core library

Install

Quick install (Linux / macOS — CLI)

One-liner. Downloads the latest release for your OS/arch, places knock in ~/.local/bin, and (after confirming) strips the macOS Gatekeeper quarantine attribute so the unsigned binary can run.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
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Pin a version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.1.0
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Custom prefix:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.sh | KNOCK_PREFIX=/usr/local/bin bash
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If ~/.local/bin is not in your PATH, add it:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
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Quick install (Windows — CLI)

PowerShell. Installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Knock\bin and adds it to user PATH.

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jairoFernandez/knock/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
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