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Hoppscotch Desktop App - Hoppscotch Documentation
Hoppscotch Desktop App is a cross-platform desktop application that helps you create and manage API requests. It is built on top of the Hoppscotch Web Client and is powered by Tauri.

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Download Hoppscotch Desktop App

Download the latest version of Hoppscotch Desktop App for your operating system:

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Install Hoppscotch Desktop App

  1. Download the latest version of Hoppscotch Desktop App from the links above or from official website.
  2. Open the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Hoppscotch Desktop App.
  4. Open Hoppscotch Desktop App.
  5. If you see a warning message, click “Open”.

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Access Hoppscotch

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Hoppscotch Cloud Edition for Individuals

Seamlessly access Hoppscotch Cloud Edition from Hoppscotch Desktop App:
  1. Open Hoppscotch Desktop App.
  2. Click the Hoppscotch logo in the top-left corner.
  3. Click “HOPPSCOTCH CLOUD”.
  4. Sign in with your Hoppscotch Cloud account to access your workspaces and collections.

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Hoppscotch Cloud Edition for Organizations

This feature is coming soon.

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Hoppscotch Self-Hosted Edition for Community

To enable desktop app support for your self-hosted Hoppscotch instance, make sure to update the WHITELISTED_ORIGINS environment variable in your .env file with your deployment URL.
e.g. to allow connection to https://hoppscotch.my-domain.com you need to add app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com and http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com to the WHITELISTED_ORIGINS environment variable.
WHITELISTED_ORIGINS=...existing_origins,app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com,http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com
app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com   for linux and macOS machines.
http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com   for Windows machine.
Add your self-hosted Hoppscotch Community Edition instance to Hoppscotch Desktop App:
  1. Open Hoppscotch Desktop App.
  2. Click the Hoppscotch logo in the top-left corner.
  3. Click “Add an instance”.
  4. Enter the URL of your self-hosted Hoppscotch instance.
  5. Click “Connect”.
You can also self-host Hoppscotch Desktop App. Follow the instructions in the Hoppscotch GitHub repository.

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Hoppscotch Self-Hosted Edition for Enterprise

To enable desktop app support for your self-hosted Hoppscotch instance, make sure to update the WHITELISTED_ORIGINS environment variable in your .env file with your deployment URL.
e.g. to allow connection to https://hoppscotch.my-domain.com you need to add app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com and http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com to the WHITELISTED_ORIGINS environment variable.
WHITELISTED_ORIGINS=...existing_origins,app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com,http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com
app://hoppscotch_my_domain_com   for linux and macOS machines.
http://app.hoppscotch_my_domain_com   for Windows machine.
Add your self-hosted Hoppscotch Enterprise Edition instance to Hoppscotch Desktop App:
  1. Open Hoppscotch Desktop App.
  2. Click the Hoppscotch logo in the top-left corner.
  3. Click “Add an instance”.
  4. Enter the URL of your self-hosted Hoppscotch instance.
  5. Click “Connect”.
You can also self-host Hoppscotch Desktop App. Follow the instructions in the Hoppscotch GitHub repository.