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RequestNest

Keep Postman. Skip the per-seat cost. Collaborate through git.

RequestNest lets a team share Postman collections and environments for free by using a git repo as the shared workspace — so you don't have to migrate to a different API client or pay for a Postman team plan.

Each teammate keeps their own free Postman account. RequestNest syncs each person's personal Postman workspace (via the Postman REST API) with a shared git repo — git is the source of truth, and secrets never land in it.

shared git repo  <->  your personal Postman workspace

Why it exists

As of March 2026, Postman's free plan is single-user with no shared workspaces, and team collaboration runs $23/user/month (monthly; $19 annual). Postman's own native git sync requires a paid team workspace — it doesn't work with the personal workspaces free users have. The alternative is migrating to a git-native client (Bruno, Apidog, Requestly), which means leaving Postman behind.

RequestNest is for teams that want to stay on Postman: publish your collections to git, let teammates import them into their own workspaces — no migration, no paid seats — and it sanitizes secrets automatically so tokens never reach the repo.

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Install

pip install requestnest        # or: pipx install requestnest
requestnest --version

You'll need a Postman API key (Postman → Settings → API keys). Provide it when init/setup prompts, or set REQUESTNEST_API_KEY.

Quickstart

Publisher — share collections you built in Postman:

requestnest init      # pick which collections/environments to track
requestnest push      # sanitize secrets, write JSON, commit & push

Consumer — use collections a teammate shared:

requestnest setup     # import into your workspace + prompt for secrets

Day to day: pull to receive, edit in Postman, diff to preview, push to share. Git is handled for you.

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