Apeeye

Spin up mock REST endpoints fast

WHO USES ITFront-end developers waiting on a backend, and anyone who needs a throwaway API for a demo or a class.

Use in the browser

Mock REST endpoints in seconds — no login, no config, no database.

★ 7▲ 2 HNAs of 09-19 18:00 UTC

7 stars · checked on GitHub 09-19 22:59 UTC · no 7-day star increase observed (GH Archive) (as of 09-19 18:00 UTC) · 2 Show HN points observed 09-18 20:40 UTC

NEW 1h OLD WHEN SEEN

The Apeeye home screen: "Fake APIs. Real endpoints.", a button to open the Playground, and a row showing the workspace URL to copy.

TESIGN TAKE

It states the trade-off outright: close the tab and callers get a clear 503. A clean stop is less confusing than something half alive.

TRY

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE: MIT
USAGE: Use, change and redistribute, commercially too. Keep the notice.
LANGUAGE: JavaScript
PLATFORM: web
ACTIVITY: last commit 2 days ago (2026-09-17) · no releases As of 09-19 22:59 UTC
COMMUNITY: 1 contributor · 0 open issues (incl. PRs) · made by: an individual As of 09-19 22:59 UTC
SOURCES: Show HN
OPEN SOURCE: YES
FIRST SEEN: 2026-09-17 19:44 UTC
CATEGORY: DEV TOOLS · API

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Building the screen before the backend exists usually stalls. In Apeeye you name a collection and it is a live endpoint immediately — callable from your app, from curl or Postman, or from a teammate’s machine.

BUILD FROM THIS

Records live only in your browser’s IndexedDB; the server stores nothing. A stateless relay forwards each request over a WebSocket to your open tab, which answers from IndexedDB. GET, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE all work with sensible status codes, and a whole workspace exports and imports as JSON. You can also clone it and run it locally.

WHO IT'S FOR

Front-end developers waiting on a backend, and anyone who needs a throwaway API for a demo or a class.

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Open the Playground at apeeye.ibr0r.com, add a collection such as users, and call the workspace URL shown at the top.

CAVEATS

The endpoints answer only while a tab is open. There are no accounts, so anyone with the workspace URL can read and write it — keep real data out. It is an early project with single-digit stars.

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN: 2026-09-17 19:44 UTC
AT SOURCE: 2026-09-17 17:53 UTC
KEPT: 2026-09-19 22:45 UTC
CREATED → FIRST SEEN: 1h
WHEN FIRST SEEN: 6 ★
SOURCES: Show HN

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SIMILAR TOOLS

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ApeeyeSpin up mock REST endpoints fastTHIS ENTRY	★ 7	—	MITpermissive	web	2026-09-17

TIMELINE

2025-07-30 15:53 UTCRepository created
2026-09-17 17:53 UTCShow HN post ↗
2026-09-17 19:44 UTCFIRST SEEN BY TESIGN
2026-09-19 22:45 UTCPublished on TESIGN

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