Open-sourcing a project is usually "business as usual." Many companies do it, and it’s healthy, expected even. But for us, open-sourcing Voiden feels different, like finally paying off a long-overdue debt to the community that shaped my career.
Why Voiden Exists:
API tooling has slowly drifted away from being just tools. They turned into cloud platforms with forced logins, proprietary formats, per-seat pricing, and workflows that break the moment you lose internet access.
For many developers, this is frustrating:
Testing a localhost API shouldn’t require an internet connection.
Specs, tests, and docs shouldn’t live in three different tools.
API workflows shouldn’t feel fragile or over-engineered.
We wanted something different. Something that respects how developers actually work.
What Makes Voiden Different?
Voiden started as a reset — a tool built for the developer’s headspace, not a SaaS dashboard.
Here are the core ideas:
Offline-first: Your API requests live locally, no cloud required.
No accounts, no telemetry: Your work is yours.
Git as the source of truth: Everything is stored as plain text files in your repo.
APIs as reusable blocks: Build, test, and link requests like code.
Specs, tests, and docs together: No bouncing between different tools.
Designed to stay out of your way: Fast, local, beautifully nerdy, and just opinionated enough.
Voiden is your personal API lab: local, fast, and developer-owned.
What Open Source Means to Us:
Opening up Voiden is not just about sharing code. It’s about:
Letting the vision exist without explanation — trusting developers to judge it on its own merit.
Shifting from isolation to collaboration — handing over the tool to a community that can make it better.
Voiden isn’t perfect. It’s deliberate and very much alive. And now, it’s yours to help grow.
What’s Next?
If you work with APIs and value calm, local-first, developer-owned workflows — give Voiden a try.
Your feedback, ideas, and contributions can shape where it goes next.
Check out the repo here: https://github.com/VoidenHQ/voiden
and let’s rethink API tooling together.
Open source is a conversation, not a monologue :)
Let’s see what happens.
cheers,
Nikolas from the Voiden team
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