#Thunder Client

Thunder Client is a lightweight Rest API Client Extension for VS Code, hand-crafted by Ranga Vadhineni with a focus on simplicity, clean design and local storage.

• ›Featured on Product Hunt
• ›Featured in the "20 Fan Favorite Extensions" for VS Code
• ›Website - www.thunderclient.com
• ›Documentation: docs.thunderclient.com
• ›Support: github.com/rangav/thunder-client-support

###Story behind Thunder Client

• ›Read Launch Blog Post on Medium

###Milestones

• ›The extension was launched on March 31st, 2021
• ›500K downloads on Dec 20th, 2021
• ›1 Million downloads on July 13th, 2022
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##Usage

• ›Install the Extension, Click Thunder Client icon on the Action Bar.
• ›From Sidebar click New Request button to test API

##Videos

• ›Thunder Client quick overview video by James Quick
• ›Thunder Client introduction video on Youtube

##Main Features

• ›Lightweight and easy to use REST API Client.
• ›Supports Collections and Environment variables.
• ›Scriptless Testing: Easily test API responses with a GUI-based interface.
• ›Local Storage: The extension saves all data locally on the user's device.
• ›Git Sync: Save collections in your Git repository for team collaboration.
• ›CLI: The CLI supports CI and CD integration and generates reports.

##Innovations

• ›First to introduce GUI based API Client for VS Code.
• ›First to introduce 100% local storage API Client.
• ›First to introduce Scriptless Testing.
• ›First to introduce an advanced CLI that runs Requests, Collections and cURL commands.
• ›More to come...

##Documentation (NEW)

• ›We're excited to launch our new documentation site - https://docs.thunderclient.com