Welcome

Thunder Client is a lightweight REST API Client Extension for Visual Studio Code, hand-crafted by Ranga Vadhineni  with a focus on simplicity, clean design, and local storage. You can report any bugs or feature requests on our GitHub  page.

How to Use

• Install the extension, then click the Thunder Client icon on the Action Bar.
• Video: youtube.com/watch?v=NKZ0ahNbmak 

Requirements

• The minimum VS Code version now required is v1.85.0.
• Node.js version v18.0.0 or higher is required.

Main Features

• Lightweight and easy to use REST API Client.
• Supports Collections and Environment variables.
• Scriptless Testing: Easily test API responses with a GUI-based interface.
• Local Storage: The extension saves all data locally on the user’s device.
• Git Sync: Save requests data in your Git repository for team collaboration.
• Advanced CLI: Run requests and collections from the terminal and integrate with CI/CD.

Innovations

• First to introduce a GUI-based API Client for VS Code.
• First to introduce 100% local storage API Client.
• First to introduce scriptless testing.
• First to introduce an advanced CLI that runs requests, collections, and cURL commands.
• More to come…

Storage Location

The requests data files default storage location paths:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Code\User\globalStorage\rangav.vscode-thunder-client
• Linux: ~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/rangav.vscode-thunder-client
• Mac: /Users/{{userName}}/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/rangav.vscode-thunder-client/
  • Replace {{username}} with your username.

For VS Code Server:

• Linux: ~/.vscode-server/data/User/globalStorage/rangav.vscode-thunder-client

Release Notes

• Please refer to the release notes  on the GitHub page.

Contribution

• If you’d like to improve documentation, please submit a PR.
• Share suggestions to further improve the product.