- Everest is written in Java. Thus, it is significantly **lighter on resources and more responsive** than its Electron-based alternatives like _Postman_. It aims to provide the same level of functionality in a lighter, native but equally slick package.
- Everest will offer cloud synchronization of your projects powered by [Summit](https://github.com/RohitAwate/Summit). It will be available as a cloud service early next year or you may also choose to self-host it.
# Live Features 🔥
#### All of the most common requests
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests. HEAD and OPTIONS coming soon.
#### Comprehensive Request Builder
- Add request headers.
- Append query parameters. _(with live preview)_
- **Syntax highlighting** for JSON and XML, powered by [RichTextFX](https://github.com/FXMisc/RichTextFX).
- Quickly add key-value pairs for URL-encoded and multipart-form bodies.
#### View Response Details
- HTTP status code, content type, elapsed time, body size.
- **Visualizer** to view JSON responses graphically. _(Aesthetic improvements coming with Alpha 1.4)_
Everest is entirely theme-_able_ via CSS. For more details, refer [this guide](THEMES.md).
#### Efficient multi-tabbing
Everest utilizes a technique called _pseudo tab-switching_ to maintain a low memory footprint even when heavy multi-tabbing. I have written a highly technical piece about this on my [dev.to](https://dev.to/rohit).
Everest maintains the history of all the requests made by you. You can search with any of the request's components: the target, the headers, the method, the body or even the files added to the request. Everest will **intelligently rank** the results based on their relevance.
Everest will fully support both of the OAuth standards. Work on **OAuth 2.0 is in progress** right now and will be available with Alpha 1.4. OAuth 1.0 will follow next.
This will allow developers to create extensions for Everest which can for example, sync to Google Drive, or visualize the response bodies in a certain fashion or summon Batman.
#### Mock Server
This local server can be used to quickly create a mock REST-_ful_ service with the endpoints of your choice, producing the output of your choice.
Everest is under active development and you can get the latest alpha build from [Releases](https://github.com/RohitAwate/Everest/releases). Make sure you read the release notes to understand what works and what doesn't, how to report issues and how to run the binary.
Everest uses Maven, so building from the source code is very simple. You need to have a minimum of JDK 8 (9 should also work) installed, along with Maven and Git. If you're using OpenJDK, you will need to install OpenJFX separately. Once you have everything set up, follow these simple steps:
