# RESTED

> A REST client for the rest of us

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/rested](https://chrome-stats.com/d/rested)

## Overview

- **ID:** `rested`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Eline H
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 11,947
- **Weekly downloads:** 91
- **Rating:** 4.35 / 5 (103 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-12
- **First published:** 2015-07-18
- **Size:** 1.56 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rested/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/esphen/RESTED/issues](https://github.com/esphen/RESTED/issues)

## Description

RESTED is a modern REST client extension for Firefox designed to make API testing and development straightforward and efficient. It supports essential HTTP methods, custom headers, and basic authentication, enabling smooth and flexible request crafting.

Key features include URL templating for shared parameters across requests, saving collections to local storage for easy reuse, and importing data from HAR files or Postman collections. RESTED sports a minimalist, customizable design with multiple themes, making it both powerful and visually appealing. The extension is open for contributions with straightforward JavaScript and HTML code, inviting developers to enhance and personalize their REST client experience.

## Rankings

- #702 — Overall
- #58 — Web Development
- #2 — rest
- #44 — contribute
- #76 — best
- #105 — templates

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

RESTED is widely praised as a simple, functional, and easy-to-use Firefox extension for REST testing. Reviewers highlight its usefulness, quick setup, and neat interface. Notable drawbacks mentioned include missing header value auto-complete, incomplete collections functionality, history-replay issues where form data may be lost, limited file upload support, and the inability to override certain headers (Origin) for SPA testing. Overall, it's a handy tool that works well for quick tasks but would benefit from improvements in collections, history handling, and advanced request options.

### Pros

- Very useful for REST testing.
- Functional and simple to use.
- Easy to install and run.
- Simple and neat user interface.
- Brilliant add-on.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/rested)