Volt is a keyboard-driven HTTP client that lives in your terminal. Built as a project with Go and the Bubble Tea TUI framework, and high-performance HTTP client design.

Perfect for developers who:

• Live in the terminal and hate context switching
• Want Postman's features without the Electron bloat
• Love Vim keybindings and keyboard-driven workflows
• Need a fast, scriptable HTTP client with a beautiful UI

Note: This is an active learning project. Performance optimizations are ongoing, and contributions/feedback are welcome :)

Testing against a zero-latency local endpoint to measure engine overhead:

Prerequisites: Go 1.25 or higher

1. Download the source code from the releases page

   • Download either the .tar.gz or .zip source code archive

2. Extract the archive

   # For .tar.gz
   tar -xzf volt-v0.1.0.tar.gz
   cd volt-0.1.0
   
   # For .zip
   unzip volt-v0.1.0.zip
   cd volt-0.1.0

3. Build and install

   # Build and install system-wide to /usr/local/bin
   make install
   
   # Or just build locally without installing
   make build
   ./volt

If you want to contribute or build from the latest source:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/owenHochwald/volt.git
cd volt

# Build and install (makes 'volt' available system-wide)
make install

# Or just build locally
make build
./volt

go install github.com/owenHochwald/volt/cmd/volt@latest

Once installed, simply run:

volt

Volt also includes a powerful little HTTP load testing tool for direct access, accessible via the bench subcommand.

volt bench [flags]

# Basic throughput test
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 100 -d 30s

# POST request with custom headers
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080/api -m POST \
  -b '{"test":true}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# JSON output to file for CI/CD
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 50 -d 60s -json -o results.json

# Rate-limited testing
volt bench -url http://localhost:8080 -c 10 -d 30s -rate 1000

# For help!
volt bench -h

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

If you find Volt useful, please consider giving it a star ⭐ on GitHub!