# RESTer

> A REST client for almost any web service.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `rester`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jan
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 9,747
- **Weekly downloads:** 82
- **Rating:** 4.82 / 5 (108 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.15.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-25
- **First published:** 2015-08-17
- **Size:** 2.17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rester/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/frigus02/RESTer/issues](https://github.com/frigus02/RESTer/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rester/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rester/privacy/)

## Description

RESTer is a powerful REST client Chrome extension designed for developers and testers to perform HTTP requests using any method, custom URLs, headers, and bodies. Users can save favorite requests, organize them into collections, and review a comprehensive history of both requests and responses. The extension supports various authentication methods, including Basic and OAuth2, and allows the use of placeholders and keyboard shortcuts for efficient workflow. RESTer ensures privacy by storing all data locally on the user's machine. It requires permissions to access and modify requests only within its own tabs to maintain user security and enhance functionality. Whether testing APIs or exploring web services, RESTer offers an intuitive and feature-rich interface to streamline your HTTP request management.

## Rankings

- #785 — Overall
- #74 — Web Development
- #109 — Other extensions
- #7 — register
- #13 — rest
- #55 — term

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `downloads`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews are overwhelmingly positive: users praise the add-on’s intuitive GUI, reliable REST functionality, and suitability as a primary workhorse tool. There are isolated reports of installation, encoding, and POST issues, but none of those problems appear across multiple reviews, so no consistent technical complaint emerges.

### Pros

- Intuitive, easy-to-use GUI praised by multiple users
- Solid functionality — performs the expected REST tasks reliably
- Frequently called the best/most useful REST plugin and suitable as a workhorse
- Widely well-liked and recommended by users

### Cons

- No single technical problem was reported by multiple reviewers; no widespread cons found

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